Increasing awareness about organ donation – What are your thoughts?
Our initiative is mainly focused on increasing awareness about organ donation in order to drive up the rates of registered organ/tissue donors throughout California. In order to increase overall awareness about organ donations, we plan on implementing Drivers’ Education curriculum that is focused on informing teenagers about organ donations when they are getting their first drivers’ license or driving permit. We will combine this approach with special efforts to clearing up misconceptions about organ donation that will increase people’s receptiveness to the overall idea, driving up the percentage of California residents who are officially registered as organ/tissue donors. What do you think about our approaches to increasing awareness about organ/tissue donation? Leave your thoughts below!
Comments (3)
Opt-out is a good idea, rather than opt-in, which is consent-by-default!
Most people are, by nature, quite lazy to tick their willingness as donor,even if they want to!
I think that opt-out should be mandatory. If the organs aren’t useful to a person anymore after their death, why not give the organs to someone else who may need them to save their life!
Thank you for informing me about this. I am currently applying for my driver’s license and I wanted to look into more detail about the concept of organ donation. I used to believe in these myths addressed in the website and hence was hesitant to sign up. However, now that these misconceptions have been cleared up for me, I am really glad that I registered to be an organ donor.