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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: 5, Insightful) by Nerdfest on Monday September 29 2014, @10:05PM
Until then, if you don't sign up or opt-in, you don't *get* donated organs either. I would think this would help people see how important it is.
(Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 29 2014, @10:19PM
But if you're in need of organs, you probably aren't all that healthy overall. Nobody's going to want your barely functioning kidneys and your busted pancreas, even if you offer them up in order to get a replacement for your failed liver.
(Score: 2) by Dunbal on Monday September 29 2014, @11:42PM
Let's follow your logic to its conclusion here AC. Sick people shouldn't donate organs because no one will want their (sick) organs. So in a system where you only get organs if you are a donor (healthy) and sick people can't be donors, who exactly do you need to give organs to?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 30 2014, @01:03AM
It's not my stupid system. It's Nerdfest's. Ask him to clarify the stupidity of it.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by mojo chan on Tuesday September 30 2014, @07:41AM
I can't opt in for medical reasons. I also can't give blood. It's probably safe but they are not 100% sure, so would rather not accept my organs and blood.
Under your system I would either have to opt in knowing that I will never be required to actually make good on my offer, or be simply excluded from transplant lists through no fault of my own.
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(Score: 2) by Nerdfest on Tuesday September 30 2014, @11:57AM
Yes. Really, I'd prefer opt-out with same caveats, but this would work.