Cadaver Organ Donation :: Health Medical Essays

Cadaver electric electronic organ Donation Recently, TV Land aired a 1975 episode of All in the Family in which Archie maw tries to impress his boss by being the first in line to sign up for the boss favorite charity (Bogart 1975). It is not until Archie is holding his giver card that he realizes that he has signed up to be an organ donor. This causes great anxiety for Archie which manifests itself as more stress than usual, worrying about his age, and problems sleeping. Archie at last goes to rescind his donation and states that it is for religious purposes. Archie states that he had a dream in which he has died and is driving his taxi toward heaven. As he is driving toward heaven, people produce taking parts from the taxi. As he continues, people begin removing parts from Archie. When he reaches heaven he is not allowed in because God does not bang him due to so many parts missing. Another humorous piece concerning organ donation is from Monty Pythons Meaning of Life. In P art V Live Organ Donations Mr. Brown answers the door and finds deuce men who have come to take his liver, which Mr. Brown states that he is still using. The two men wrestle Mr. Brown to the ground and find on him his Liver Donation Card. Mr. Brown states Listen I cant give it to you now. It says, in the event of death. One of the men respond with, No one who has always had their liver taken out by us has survived, followed by a very bloody removal of Mr. Browns liver. Mrs. Brown enters the room and confronts the two men who respond that they are taking Mr. Browns liver. After she realizes what is going on she sees the entire episode as being Mr. Browns fault for signing the donation card in the first place (Gilliam and Jones 1983). These two views of organ donation in the popular culture make clear-cut of reasons why people do not register to be organ donors however, they do reflect many peoples anxieties about being an organ donor. An example of this is found in a Boston Herald front page article where the removal of organs from an eighteen month old boy, not for the purpose of transplant, was called heartless. The childs mother stated, Our son David was all heart, and now he is buried without his heart.