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ScienceDaily reports:
Researchers say there should be an international database containing the very latest information about organ donations and transplants, so policy makers can make informed decisions on whether to adopt an opt-out or opt-in system.
The call comes after a study [in the UK], carried out by The University of Nottingham, the University of Stirling and Northumbria University, showed that overall an opt-out system might provide a greater number of organs for transplant but many factors can influence the success of either system and a repository of accessible information would help individual countries decide which one would be better for them.
The research published in the online academic journal BioMed Central Medicine (BMC Medicine), is the first international comparison that examines both deceased as well as living organ/transplant rates in opt-in and opt-out systems.
[...] Professor Fergusson argues that it is imperative for transplant organizations to routinely collect data on important organ donation indices -- consent type, procurement procedure, number of intensive care beds and trained surgeons -- and make this publicly available to inform future research and policy recommendations.
(Score: 4, Funny) by Tork on Monday September 29 2014, @09:25PM
🏳️🌈 Proud Ally 🏳️🌈
(Score: 2) by hoochiecoochieman on Monday September 29 2014, @10:25PM
That's not fun. This motorcycle rider says:
Sure, but no organs for you.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by bob_super on Monday September 29 2014, @11:47PM
Riders without helmets and drivers/passengers without seat belts should be automatic organ donors (for whatever you can still recover).
Break the law for no valid reason, then kill yourself? We'll get something useful out of you for our trouble.
(Score: 4, Funny) by mojo chan on Tuesday September 30 2014, @07:39AM
Why not just apply that to all criminals? Make it part of their reparations to society.
Of course as transplant technology gets better the demand for organs will increase. More and more crimes will be covered by the rule. Eventually demand will be so high that new things need to be criminalized to keep the supply up. One day filing a tax return late will literally cost you an arm and a leg.
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(Score: 2, Insightful) by Jtmach on Tuesday September 30 2014, @01:50PM
I'm an organ donor.
Does that mean that I can get out of the stupid nanny state laws that only serve to protect me from myself?
I like to think, I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech, freedom of choice. I'm the kind if guy who would sit in the greasy spoon and think "Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the big rack of Barbecued spare ribs with the side order of gravy fries?" I *want* high cholesterol. I want to eat bacon, butter and buckets of cheese alright? I want to smoke a Cuban cigar the size of Cincinatti in a non-smoking section. I wanna run around naked with green jell-o all over my body reading a Playboy magazine. Why? Because maybe I feel the need to okay pal? I've *seen* the future, you know what it is. It's made by a 47 year-old virgin in gray pajamas soaking in a bubble bath, drinking a broccoli milkshake and thinking "I'm an Oscar-Meyer Wiener".
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Tuesday September 30 2014, @03:20PM
> Does that mean that I can get out of the stupid nanny state laws that only serve to protect me from myself?
If you jump on the brakes and hit the rail at 45 sideways, the seat belt will allow you to walk away or at least ride off with some nice EMTs.
Do that without a belt and I'll have to pay at least 10 of the finest and bravest for three hours, so they can keep the highway shut down and piss off a few thousand of our fellow citizens...
By all means, don't wear your seat belt on small midwest/desert county roads, I totally agree that's not my problem.