ORGAN DONATION AFTER EXECUTION

A FACEBOOK SEMINAR


    The following 10 chapters of Organ Donation After Execution by James Park
were presented one chapter per month on a Facebook Page called
PRISONER ORGAN DONATION:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/PRISONER-ORGAN-DONATION/106888752666731

    The first two chapters explore the controversial idea of 'voluntary execution'.
The major doubt about this proposed new option
is whether prisoners can make free choices.
Several safeguards suggested in Chapter 3 should resolve these doubts.

    Some technical problems
such as disease transmission
are addressed in Chapter 9.

    And some people object to the whole idea of organ donation
because they believe that the personal character traits of the donor
will be transmitted to the recipient.
This worry is explored in Chapter 10.

    The 2014 Seminar has now been completed.
But if there is sufficient interest,
it could be repeated, probably in a Facebook GROUP
specifically assembled for the purpose of discussing this book.
(You can express your interest in a new Facebook Seminar
on the following Facebook Page.)


    Readers who wish to comment on any chapter
can find that specific chapter on the Facebook PAGE called
PRISONER ORGAN DONATION:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/PRISONER-ORGAN-DONATION/106888752666731
After each chapter, there is a place to make comments or ask questions.




Chapter 1
Voluntary Execution: 
Better than the Death Penalty?

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Instead of imposing capital punishment,
the convicted prisoner is allowed to choose a date of death
rather than imprisonment until natural death.


Chapter 2
Voluntary Execution Followed by Organ Donation

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Some practical steps to smooth the process of execution
and the subsequent harvesting of organs.


Chapter 3
Can a Prisoner Ever Make a Free Choice?

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Several safeguards to separate prisoners
who are making free choices for voluntary execution
from prisoners whose thinking capacity might be questioned.


Chapter 4
Brain-Death as a Method of Voluntary Execution

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Choosing a special method of execution that causes brain-death
without damaging the other organs.


Chapter 5
Brain-Death Protocol for Voluntary Execution followed by Organ Donation

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Procedures that might be followed by the executing authority
in order to achieve a voluntary execution for the donor.
After the prisoner has been certified to be brain-dead,
the donated remains can be given to the transplant-team.


Chapter 6
Death-Row Must Not Become an Organ-Farm:
How to Avoid the Mayan Protocol

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Safeguards to prevent executions
for the purpose of obtaining organs on demand.


Chapter 7
Open Letter to the Family and Friends of a Prisoner
Willing to Donate Organs after Execution

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The other people who know the prisoner
might help the process of making the life-ending decision.


Chapter 8
Your Organs Can Save Lives:
An Open Letter to Death-Row

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Explaining the option of voluntary execution
to prisoners already condemned to death.


Chapter 9
Making Exceptions to the Rules:
Should Prisoners Be Permitted to Donate their Organs after Execution?
An Open Letter to Wardens, Governors, & Organ-Procurement Doctors:

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There are major objections and problems with organ donation from prisoners.
How can each obstacle be addressed and resolved?


Chapter 10
Do Organs Carry Personal Character?

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Some people believe that human organs contain the personal characteristics of the donor.




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Organ Donation After Execution.


Created December 7, 2013; Revised 1-1-2014; 9-30-2014; 10-23-2014; 11-29-2016;


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