{"id":94,"date":"2007-02-22T11:30:03","date_gmt":"2007-02-22T09:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenman.co.za\/wordpress\/?p=94"},"modified":"2007-02-22T11:30:03","modified_gmt":"2007-02-22T09:30:03","slug":"organ-and-tissue-donation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenman.co.za\/blog\/?p=94","title":{"rendered":"Organ and tissue donation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If anyone&#8217;s wondering whether their organs can be put to better use than worm food (or more ashes in the sky) after they die, take a look at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.odf.org.za\/\">Organ Donation Foundation<\/a> (South Africa only). <br \/>\nThey have a nifty Web 2.0 site and a vibrant community. OK, not really, but you can register online.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re worried that registering provides a licence to slice you up and rip out your heart before you&#8217;re dead, fear not. From the FAQ&#8217;s:<\/p>\n<p><em>How do doctors know I am really dead?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Two doctors, who are completely independent of the transplant team, have to perform detailed tests before a person can be declared brain dead. The criteria for brain death are very strictly adhered to and accepted medically, legally and ethically in South Africa and internationally.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Technorati tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/organ+donation\" rel=\"tag\">organ+donation<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/tissue+donation\" rel=\"tag\">tissue+donation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If anyone&#8217;s wondering whether their organs can be put to better use than worm food (or more ashes in the sky) after they die, take a look at the Organ Donation Foundation (South Africa only). They have a nifty Web 2.0 site and a vibrant community. OK, not really, but you can register online. If&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenman.co.za\/blog\/?p=94\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Organ and tissue donation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fire-social","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenman.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenman.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenman.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenman.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenman.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenman.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenman.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenman.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenman.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}