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Title: If I want to donate bodily tissues and organs in the event of my death, what is the best thing to do ...
Post by: gangulo on Mar 17, 2018
If I want to donate bodily tissues and organs in the event of my death, what is the best thing to do to insure that outcome?
 
  a. include a statement of my wishes in my will
  b. complete and sign an organ donor card
  c. ask a clergyperson for advice
  d. register my wishes with my state first-person consent registry
  e. avoid discussing this matter with my next of kin

Question 2

Imagine a 28-year-old married woman with two children who is brain dead from a car accident. Without her written consent, consent to donate her kidneys will be sought from:
 
  a. her physician
  b. her husband
  c. her minor children
  d. her lawyer
  e. presumed consent

Question 3

In relationship to organ donation, first-person consent
 
  a. means the same thing as presumed consent
  b. means that consent to donate must be obtained from the first next of kin
  c. an individual over 18 can make a legally binding decision to donate upon death
  d. all of the above
  e. none of the above

Question 4

Individuals in persistent vegetative states who are receiving external life support
 
  a. may not become organ donors until they have experienced brain death
  b. may never become organ donors
  c. may not become organ donors until they become competent decision makers
  d. all of these
  e. none of these

Question 5

In the case of many non-living organ donors, after the individual has experienced brain death external support is often continued in order to
 
  a. keep the individual alive
  b. preserve the quality of potentially transplantable organs
  c. withdraw the opportunity for donation from next-of-kin
  d. all of these
  e. none of these

Question 6

When organ donation involves an individual who has experienced death as a result of a cerebral hemorrhage, this is an instance of
 
  a. donation after cardiac death
  b. donation after brain death
  c. living donation
  d. all of these
  e. none of these

Question 7

In 2009 in the United States living organ donors were
 
  a. less than 2 percent of all donors
  b. over 45 percent of all donors
  c. about 15 percent of all donors
  d. nearly 10 percent of all donor
  e. about 75 percent of all donors


Title: If I want to donate bodily tissues and organs in the event of my death, what is the best thing to do ...
Post by: Lauraem32 on Mar 17, 2018
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Title: If I want to donate bodily tissues and organs in the event of my death, what is the best thing to do ...
Post by: gangulo on Mar 17, 2018
The fact that I can't marry you for this saddens me.


Title: If I want to donate bodily tissues and organs in the event of my death, what is the best thing to do ...
Post by: Lauraem32 on Mar 17, 2018
Let's keep this professional  :monkey: