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The Uniform Anatomical Gift Act has been established in some form, in every state and the District of Columbia (D.C.), as of 2017. [7] [4] The law has been revised to make the process of making an anatomical gift more streamlined, and to promote organ donation to citizens in order to address the high demand for donated organs for transplantation.
About half the U.S. population, including 18 million Californians, are registered organ donors. But whether you can actually donate organs depends on how you die, among other limiting factors.
Once the OPO receives authorization for donation from the decedent's family or through first-person authorization (such as a state or national Donor Registry), it works with UNOS to identify the best candidates for the available organs, and coordinates with the surgical team for each organ recipient.
Once life support has been withdrawn, there is a 2-5 minute waiting period to ensure that the potential donor's heart does not start beating again spontaneously. [4] After this waiting period, the organ procurement surgery begins as quickly as possible to minimize time that the organs are not being perfused with blood.
Whatever you are able to donate during this time will be helping a family in need. In the 48 hours since this easy donation service launched on Instacart, over 25,000 items have been donated from ...
End of Life Option Act added to Division 1 of the California Health and Safety Code. [9] The act includes definitions and procedures which must be fulfilled, a statement of request for aid-in-dying drugs which must be signed and witnessed and a final attestation of intent signed 48 hours before self-administering the drug. [9]
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