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From: rcj@burl.UUCP (Curtis Jackson)
Newsgroups: net.legal
Subject: Re: life insurance and disconnecting life-support devices
Message-ID: <733@burl.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 7-Jun-85 10:55:08 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun  7 10:55:08 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 8-Jun-85 03:01:12 EDT
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Reply-To: rcj@burl.UUCP (Curtis Jackson)
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In article <11235@brl-tgr.ARPA> ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) writes:
>Unfortunately, a living will does not guarantee anything.  Best to also
>make sure that your relatives understand your feelings and agrees to it.
>Otherwise they can circumvent things like organ donation preferences that
>you have previously indicated.

Is this really true?  I carry my organ donor card with me at all times;
it is signed by me and two witnesses as required.  At the bottom of
the card is:

THIS IS A LEGAL DOCUMENT UNDER THE UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT
ACT (ARTICLE ... [blurred] OF THE NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL STATUTES)

Can some relative really circumvent this?  On the back of the card,
I specify exactly what I wish to donate (everything, in my case)
and exactly what restrictions I wish to put on to modify the multiple-
choice section (none, in my case).  If someone CANNOT circumvent my
donation completely, can they bastardize it by saying, for instance,
that only internal organs can be donated (i.e., no eyes)?
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