Organ donation

[ragtimejoe1]

Your personal choice but realize the medical community privately and under directive of the former administration may put emphasis on dei for transplant decisions. I've removed myself from the state list and used an attorney to direct my wishes should the unexpected happen.

 

['PokeForLife]

Can you expound on this? What does DEI mean in the context of transplant decisions? Like they will let you die if there’s a chance to give organs to a black lesbian?

 

[ragtimejoe1]

Can you expound on this? What does DEI mean in the context of transplant decisions? Like they will let you die if there’s a chance to give organs to a black lesbian?

Allegedly, assuming the organs are a match (obviously an issue across races) the priorities in the recipient list account for dei things. Let's say the organs match 5000 people on the wait list, dei will go into the decision on who receives those organs.

I guess the original discussions have been around for a while https://law.yale.edu/yls-today/news...-transplant-system-reform-focus-racial-equity

To each their own and I would never tell anyone what they should or shouldn't do. For me personally, this goes to far. Should the unthinkable happen, I'd want mine to go to the person on the list with the most need (I'm sure there are other reasonable considerations like age).