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Also, organ procurement never just approaches ANY family. Every hospital I've ever worked in has policies that physicians must document in the notes that they have had a conversation with family about contacting organ procurement to come talk with them, and get the permission of the family BEFORE contacting organ procurement at all.
And to be clear, the first person who contacts the family is not from UNOS, but is a designated social worker employed by the hospital. That individual has nothing to do with obtaining consents or doing the actual donation paperwork process. That person is only to gain formal permission from to contact UNOS, or not.
Here's 2 examples of hospital policy and procedures:
file:///C:/Users/Owner/Downloads/633OrganandTissueDonation.pdf
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/ccf/media/files/Bioethics/Organ_procurement_policy.pdf
Thank you, K_Z, for always helping me to understand the medical aspects of this terrible case. I can't even bring myself to click your links this time, though. It's just too horrible to even think about.
I would have been beyond consolation, and out of my mind with grief.
Jonah's testimony, especially, reminds me how awful this whole thing has been, for all concerned, and how much has been lost.