The financial status or celebrity of the recipient is not considered. Having an open-casket funeral is possible for organ donors. The surgery to remove the organs is easy to cover up with clothing or prosthetics.
All major religions allow organ donation. The Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, and Hindu faiths encourage organ and tissue donation or leave it up to individual choice. Ask your spiritual advisor if you have questions about your religion's views on organ donation.
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How this information was developed to help you make better health decisions. To learn more about Healthwise, visit Healthwise. All rights reserved. Healthwise, Healthwise for every health decision, and the Healthwise logo are trademarks of Healthwise, Incorporated. It looks like your browser does not have JavaScript enabled. Please turn on JavaScript and try again. Important Phone Numbers. Someone with current active cancer cannot become an organ donor.
However, it may be possible for people with certain types of cancers to donate after three years of treatment. It may also be possible to donate corneas and some tissue in these circumstances. It is still possible to become an organ donor if you smoke. Specialist healthcare professionals decide in each individual case whether a person's organs and tissue are suitable for donation , and smokers and people with other health conditions have saved - and continue to save - lives through organ donation.
Drinking alcohol does not prevent you from becoming an organ donor. Although a heavy alcohol intake might affect your ability to donate some organs, specialist healthcare professionals will decide which organs and tissue are suitable for don ation on an individual basis. Blood and tissue types need to match for a transplant to be successful , and organs from donors of the same ethnic background as the recipient are more likely to be a close match.
Find out more about why ethnicity matters in organ donation. There may be specific reasons why it has not been possible to donate blood such as having had a blood transfusion or blood products since 1 January Or there may be reasons why you could not give blood because of your health at the time. Sometimes a simple thing like a cold or medication that you are taking can prevent you from donating blood. The decision about whether some or all organs or tissue are suitable for transplant is always made by a medical specialist at the time of donation, taking into account your medical history.
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