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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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There is an interesting programme on next Tuesday at 9pm two part series. Showing life and death and what happens to the cadaver will be interesting watching. So my question is would you leave your body to science. I would plus I am on the donor register x |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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My sister is a doctor and they have a cadaver for the year. They hold a memorial service for the families of the donors and despite urban legends about what used to happen to cadavers with student pranks, they are treated with respect.
There is a shortage and it would be a really worthwhile thing to do x |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I find the idea of retaining a body and burying it quite medieval 
If, at any stage, my body can be put to better use and benefit those in need, then I'm all for it  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I would happily leave my body to science now, however if when I'm 93 and it's written in my will and I'm in a care home, suffering from dementia, your wishes become over looked (not that I know or anything,, grrrrrr rant over!) |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"My sister is a doctor and they have a cadaver for the year. They hold a memorial service for the families of the donors and despite urban legends about what used to happen to cadavers with student pranks, they are treated with respect.
There is a shortage and it would be a really worthwhile thing to do x"
My two housemates at university were medics. I certainly would not describe what I heard as respectful. |
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I've got the paperwork for body donation, and found the organising body (hah) to be rather picky. They won't accept just anybody. There's a chance that they decide your services won't required after all, and you'll be returned to sender. You have to live within a certain distance from a hospital that can use you, in order to get collected; if further afield your family will have to organise and pay for transport to the hospital. The unused bits will have to be collected by friends/family for disposal. Free cremation in hospital grounds is not an option.
I also considered brain donation, and was appalled to learn that after harvesting that part, the rest of your body will be sent back. There's no coordination between brain and body begging organisations. What a waste of material. I thought donation was also a good way to avoid expensive burials, but alas - nope.
I'm now wondering whether my donor card is worth the paper it's printed on. In view of the above, use of my organs is apparently not guaranteed. What happens if they are refused? |
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The missus & I were drawing up wills last year and we got down to burials/after death nitty gritty...
And she said she'd donate her organs to whoever needed them. I said they could have whatever parts of my body were still working, except for the corneas - have a bit of a thing about my eyes.
"What," she shot back, "Is that so you can see Hell?"
I love this woman.
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