Organ Donation Research(blg#2)

Throughout my research I have found some myths/concerns that people have in terms of being an organ donor. I still find It a little confusing that although a person sings the back of his/her Identification to be admitted to the organ donation program It still doesn't mean that person may be a candidate. For instance, what if your a person that does not speak to your family or just live in another country? Do they bypass the certification from family?Maybe some people do not talk about what they want done to there body in the future after there dead.I know If I was old i wouldn't want to think about dieing anytime soon. Also what If your family have different beliefs, and they choose that nothing be done to your body?
Moving on,today I found some statistics that may be interesting to you. It basically describes that in the year of 2008 there are nearly one hundred thousand awaiting transplants. I find that is a large number of candidates. Can you picture being in the end of that list?

Waiting list candidates 99,226 as of 05/12/2008 Transplants January - February 2008 4,471 as of 05/09/2008 Donors January - February 2008 2,286 as of 05/09/2008

Based on Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) data

Donor, Organ. "Access to U.S. Goverment Information On Organ & Tissue Donation and Transplantation." Organ donor.gov 01 05 2008 .