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donor card

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donor card
n.
A card, usually carried on one's person, authorizing the use of one's bodily organs for transplantation in the event of one's death.

donor card
Etymology: L, donare, to give, charta
a document in which a person offers to make an anatomic gift of body parts, at the time of death, for transplantation to recipients needing replacement of vital organs or tissues. The information can also be found on a state driver's license. Consent for organ donation generally requires consent from family of the organ donor.


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The former system of having potential organ donors put a pink dot sticker on their driver's license and carry a donor card was ineffective, said Taubman, a kidney recipient and president of the San Fernando Valley/Ventura chapter of TRIO -- Transplant Recipient International Organization.
Another interesting finding is that choosing to sign a donor card is somehow tied to individual religious beliefs and other attitudes that contribute to perspectives on perceptions of life and death.
In the past, I've always checked the donor card on my driver license renewal.
 
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