Charts that don’t seem quite right, organ donation edition (2015)

I have <i>never</i> understood the big deal about organ donation. The dead person no longer uses the liver or whatnot and has no opinion. The other 98% of the body will be discarded anyway so why not recycle?

You are also not presented with a form to opt-in in Denmark, and you have to request a form in order to opt-in.<p>So the chart is exactly as is stated.<p>In opt-in countries you have to contact authorities to opt-in and in opt-out countries you have to contact authorities to opt-out.<p>The author has a moral position made clear early in the article, when saying that more than 99% &quot;failed to opt-out&quot;.<p>No they didn&#x27;t fail to do anything. They either chose not to, or did care enough about the subject matter to make a choice.

I had a discussion with a French medical student concerning organ donation. She said that the type of death where organs can be donated (cerebral death if I remember right) is very uncommon (compared to cardiac arrest) so we did not have to worry about it (or needed to opt-out). In addition, like in the Austrian example, the relatives are consulted for their assent.

In Ontario, Canada apparently 31% of people are registered as a donor [0]. In our case it&#x27;s not opt-in or opt-out; everyone must answer yes or no when verbally asked this question upon renewal of their health card (comes up for renewal every 5 years on your birthday, required for government health benefits, virtually every citizen and permanent resident has one).<p>[0]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.beadonor.ca&#x2F;scoreboard" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.beadonor.ca&#x2F;scoreboard</a>