Faces as Organ Donations

Recent policy changes enacted by the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network designate faces as organs for the purposes of donation and transplantation. The OPTN policy includes no requirement that donors be made aware that faces are among donatable parts, but it does require specific consent to face donation (not just organ donation in general) from either the donor or donor's family before a face can be transplanted. If you are a registered donor and you do not record your refusal, your family might be approached for your face. If your next of kin says yes, your face will be donated. On the other side, if you do want to donate your face and have recorded your specific consent, but your family says no, tough luck. Should families have greater control than donors over the disposition of the donors’ faces

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