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bucolic_frolic

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1. Whoa - "the right" implies property rights, ownership

Reply to Mosby (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2026, 03:47 PM

15 hrs ago

That is way overstepping boundaries. Next of kin owns upon death. Patient owns while alive. Family has likely P/A for medical care.

Does any organ donor program convey property rights to donor organizations when informed of imminent death? I doubt it.

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I plan to donate my organs -- but I've taken my name off the registry [View all] Mosby 15 hrs ago OP

Whoa - "the right" implies property rights, ownership bucolic_frolic 15 hrs ago #1

No, the next of kin does not "own" on death. Ms. Toad 10 hrs ago #11

I stand corrected. Glad I'm not enrolled. Never trusted the process. /nt bucolic_frolic 3 min ago #13

That's very disturbing, to say the least. 🙁 Dave Bowman 15 hrs ago #2

Don't sign anything you don't understand. LudwigPastorius 15 hrs ago #3

I'd be glad to donate my pacemaker multigraincracker 14 hrs ago #4

well, what would be the point of somebody authorizing organ donation if they die drray23 14 hrs ago #5

The family in the OP decided to remove their request for palliative care. Mosby 14 hrs ago #6

Is there anything to suggest that the family would have been willing to change their mind? EdmondDantes_ 13 hrs ago #7

Organs cannot be donated until a person is dead. Ms. Toad 10 hrs ago #12

The whole point of joining the registry is to avoid family overriding the deceased's wishes. Ms. Toad 12 hrs ago #8

People are checking a box on a DMV form Mosby 11 hrs ago #9

Why? Ms. Toad 10 hrs ago #10