Errr guest, he was joking, and he already said he was joking. You really should read the whole thread before replying.

The people whose remains are exhibitied in Body Worlds were quite aware of how their bodies would be used.  For one thing they are  a teaching tool, but they also all signed waivers explicitly stating the purpose of the donation.  Some even specified how they would like to be posed.  You have apparently never been to the exhibit, which was one of the most wonderful things I have ever seen.  Do some research before you speak out.

i personally would not donate because i dont like people

As a nurse who has worked in the ICU of a large university hospital, I can tell you that

organ donation is a business.  There is a man who goes around handing out little gifts

(I call it "swag"), trite stuff like pens and products with the name of the procurement

company and asks if we know any patients who might be "candidates."  Because of

H(i)PPA, I don't think I can tell my horror story here, but my comment is "don't

make a living will in haste/it was designed by the euthanasia movement" and "pray

for your loved one in ICU.  Pray that your relative won't lose a popularity contest and

become a candidate."  Bottom line, I am against donations from "brain dead" patients.

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I will tell you why. I witnessed a full organ harvest surgery tonight. I am an Anesthesiologist on call, and my team was responsible for maintaining the brain dead patient's blood pressure, temperature and so on... The 17 year old beautiful young boy who had fallen and hit his head lay there on the OR table at once pristine and peaceful, then the next 30-60 minutes looked like a dead carcass on the African Serengetti, a victim of mindless tigers looking for spare parts. I have seen many procedures in my life but nothing, NOTHING is as DISGUSTING as the organ harvesting procedure. A vertical incision is made from crotch to throat, the Rib Cage is spread wide open and as quickly as possible, the organs tied off and removed, the BEATING heart stopped and grabbed out like Jack the Ripper, the Liver,Kidneys,Pancreas thrown on Ice and taken out in an Igloo cooler. Once this horrific process is done, It DOES NOT STOP! The next wave of Vultures fly in and take scalpels and cut out the EYES! Then all flesh was removed around the chest with nothing but bare RIBS exposed! The Once beautiful rosy cheeked 17 year old reduced to a pale Carcass. Absolutely the worst image I have ever witnessed. And who decides how the organs are used? Not the family, Not the Dead Patient. Why should One young boy be mutilated so another can live a few extra years? Society tries to extend the life of humans for whatever cost, the whole time I realized what really frightened me was the fact that I too will also be dead like that boy. He just made the transition tonight. Listen up....you all will die someday. Yes, you will! and instead of trying to prolong the inevitable why don't we accept that our time has come, and in so many instances self induced (ie..alcohol, smokes) So maybe you will get lucky and receive this kid's heart or maybe you will die waiting.   anonymous Doctor.