According to the Canadian Transplant Society, over 1,600 Canadians are added to organ wait lists yearly. A majority of 90% of Canadians support organ and tissue donation, but less than 25% have made plans to donate. One donor can benefit more than 75 people and save up to 8 lives. Canada should have a negative option for organ donation because, you will be letting someone have a better chance at life after you have passed, and it will solve the problem of severe shortage of organs in Canada.
Some Canadians believe that donating your organs can be painful, even after death, according to Julia Belluz. This may be one of the reasons that people are unwilling to give up their organs; they do not want to feel pain. But when you get a surgery, which requires you to be put under by anesthesia you do not feel pain during the procedure. Well most people would argue that they do not remember because they were asleep, but they did feel extreme pain after their surgery. But the difference between regular surgery and organ donation is that you will never wake up to feel this pain. You will be gone physically and spiritually.
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“Questions concerning the boundary between life and death have cultural roots in many societies,” Bowman and Richard note that “the space between life and death is socially, culturally and politically constructed, and is fluid and open to dispute.” Many Aboriginal Canadians are very uncomfortable about the concept of organ donation. Even though all major religions have no problem with organ donation, many people do not take the time to talk with their spiritual leaders about this, so they assume that they cannot donate. Christians consider organ donation a genuine act of love. Christians believe that nothing that happens to their bodies before or after death can impact their relationship with
Some Canadians believe that donating your organs can be painful, even after death, according to Julia Belluz. This may be one of the reasons that people are unwilling to give up their organs; they do not want to feel pain. But when you get a surgery, which requires you to be put under by anesthesia you do not feel pain during the procedure. Well most people would argue that they do not remember because they were asleep, but they did feel extreme pain after their surgery. But the difference between regular surgery and organ donation is that you will never wake up to feel this pain. You will be gone physically and spiritually.
Even though the majority …show more content…
“Questions concerning the boundary between life and death have cultural roots in many societies,” Bowman and Richard note that “the space between life and death is socially, culturally and politically constructed, and is fluid and open to dispute.” Many Aboriginal Canadians are very uncomfortable about the concept of organ donation. Even though all major religions have no problem with organ donation, many people do not take the time to talk with their spiritual leaders about this, so they assume that they cannot donate. Christians consider organ donation a genuine act of love. Christians believe that nothing that happens to their bodies before or after death can impact their relationship with