Anatomical Gifts
What are "anatomical gifts"?
Anatomical gifts are those made or requested to be made by a person after his or her death of organs for transplant or his or her body for medical research or medical education.
How do I become an organ donor?
Typically if a person wishes to be an organ donor he or she should express that wish in the advanced health care directive that we prepare. In effect the agent under the health care directive is instructed to harvest the parts of the individual which are harvestable for other living people. However I also believe that an individual can become an organ donor by signing a contract with or making a commitment to an institution that would be able to make use of the body or parts of the body after death.
What happens if my family contests my decision to donate my organs?
