Organ donors group offers quid pro quo

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	Posted on Mon, Nov. 07, 2005

Organ = donors group=20 offers quid pro quo LifeSharers=20 members agree to give each other first priority for=20 transplant By Joan=20 Morris CONTRA = COSTA=20 TIMES A 50-year-old financial planner from Moraga and a = 35-year-old=20 exotic dancer from San Francisco have something unusual in = common.=20 Although they've never met, should one need a transplant and = the=20 other die, the survivor would have first dibs on the other's = organs. Robert Seymour, the financial planner, and Starchild, the = exotic=20 dancer, are both members of an organization called = LifeSharers. The=20 group, which has about 3,200 members nationwide, takes a = different=20 perspective on organ donation: If you sign up to give, you = also sign=20 up to receive. Those who join agree to donate their organs when they = die, but in=20 return for becoming an organ donor they are given first = rights to=20 receive an organ from another member, should they need = one. The process, called "directed donation," is legal in all = 50=20 states. When a member dies -- something that has yet to happen -- = his or=20 her relatives are instructed to inform the Organ Procurement = and=20 Transplantation Network that the organs are to be offered to = any=20 LifeSharers members in need. If there is no match, then = those=20 outside the network can receive the ultimate gift of = life. LifeSharers was founded in 2002 by Dave Undis from = Nashville,=20 Tenn., who puzzled over the problem of too few donors. "I kept reading articles about people dying waiting for=20 transplants, and articles about people not donating organs," = Undis=20 says. "It occurred to me that if you had to be a registered = organ=20 donor to get a transplant, the problem would disappear." Of the almost 90,000 people awaiting an organ transplant, = Undis=20 says, only 30 percent are themselves registered organ = donors. It=20 didn't seem fair, Undis says, that someone was asking for = something=20 they weren't willing to give. And although a majority of = those on=20 the transplant waiting list are seriously ill, most would be = able to=20 donate at least some of their organs and tissue. After researching the idea, Undis formed LifeSharers and = launched=20 his Web site, LifeSharers.com, where people can read about = the=20 process and sign up. At the end of September, LifeSharers = had 3,243=20 members, a 26 percent increase in membership over the past = year. The philosophy espoused by LifeSharers is creating some=20 uneasiness among national organ transplant network = officials. Annie Moore, spokeswoman for United Network for Organ = Sharing,=20 says while members can authorize directed donations, in = effect=20 giving their organs to fellow members, time is critical in = organ=20 transplants, and unless relatives and doctors act = immediately it may=20 not work as planned. Moore says officials are worried members may not fully = understand=20 what they are signing up for. "There are reports that LifeSharers have suggested that = members=20 will receive some sort of preference on the national = transplant=20 list," Moore says. "We're concerned that people who enroll = are led=20 to believe they would receive priority on the list." Joining LifeSharers or any other group, Moore says, won't = move=20 someone up on the list of those awaiting organs. The system = is based=20 on medical criteria. Undis insists such concerns are unfounded. Members are = told=20 exactly how the program works, and no promises are made, he = said,=20 although they may receive a transplant sooner if a match is = made=20 through LifeSharers' directed donation. Very few members are in need of a transplant, Undis says. = Only 23=20 members are awaiting a transplant, and members must belong = to=20 LifeSharers for 180 days before they are eligible to receive = a=20 directed donation. Most people, Undis says, sign up because they believe = it's the=20 right thing to do. Seymour, the financial planner from Moraga, says he had = decided=20 to become an organ donor before learning about LifeSharers. = It=20 doesn't make sense, Seymour says, to take such valuable = resources to=20 the grave when others could use them. The benefit of LifeSharers, Seymour says, is that while = he's=20 healthy now, he feels as if he's buying a little insurance = for the=20 future, and that should he ever require a transplant, his = chances of=20 getting one are improved. For Starchild --yes, that's his legal name -- joining = LifeSharers=20 was one step toward his goal of keeping the government as = far from=20 his life and body as possible. Starchild objects to laws = that=20 criminalize the selling of organs and believes that the rich = and=20 famous are given preferential treatment when it comes to = receiving=20 organ transplants. LifeSharers, he says, seems to even the = playing=20 field. "I've never personally known anyone who needed an organ=20 transplant, but I strongly believe that free markets offer = more=20 compassionate solutions than coercive government laws, and = this was=20 a chance to put my money where my mouth is, so to speak," = Starchild=20 says. "I am healthy and don't expect to need an organ = transplant,=20 but if part of my body can help someone else after I'm gone, = and I=20 don't have to do it through an agency of a government which = I find=20 morally repulsive, I think that's terrific." Undis says most people are surprised to learn that what=20 LifeSharers does -- directed donation -- is permitted. A few = have=20 concerns that the group is creating a special class of = people that=20 pushes them ahead of others in line for organ transplant. = Undis says=20 that's exactly what LifeSharers is designed to do -- reward = those=20 who agree to be organ donors with a promise that they'll = have=20 greater access should they need a transplant. But the class, Undis says, is not restrictive. Anyone can = join=20 and anyone can benefit. LifeSharers' membership is free and = there is=20 no cost involved to either donate or receive organs. Undis, his wife and a group of advisers keep LifeSharers=20 churning. Undis maintains the list of members, but the = organization=20 does not attempt to match organ donors. It serves only as an = information center. Members needing donations still register = with=20 the United Network for Organ Sharing, and members carry = cards=20 requiring the network to turn first to LifeSharers members = to find a=20 recipient. "It's very easy to put off signing up to be an organ = donor,"=20 Undis says. "Other than knowing you're doing something for = someone=20 else, there's no reward to it. We give them a reason to = become a=20 donor." Joan Morris is a features writer. Reach her at = 925-977-8479 or jmorris@cctimes.com. RESOURCES: BY THE = NUMBERS: WAITING LIST, BY = ORGAN For more information on LifeSharers, go to = LifeSharers.com or=20 call 888-ORGAN88 (888-674-2688). For more information on becoming an organ donor or to get = an=20 organ donor card visit organdonor.gov. California residents also can become a donor by = indicating such=20 status on their driver's license or ID card. Additionally, California has recently established a donor = registry. To sign up online, go to donatelifecalifornia.org. = Spanish=20 speakers can visit donevidacalifornia.org. Be sure to tell your family of your wishes. RESOURCES: BY THE = NUMBERS: WAITING LIST, BY = ORGAN =95 89,464 -- Number = of people on=20 the national transplant list, as of last month =95 16,448 -- Number = of=20 transplants done so far this year =95 8,490 -- Number = of people who=20 have donated organs so far this year =95 6,663 -- Number = of people who=20 died last year while waiting for an organ transplant =95 74 -- Number of = people who=20 receive a transplant each day in the United States =95 17 -- Number of = people who=20 die each day while waiting to receive a transplant in the = United=20 States RESOURCES: BY THE = NUMBERS: WAITING LIST, BY = ORGAN =95 Kidney: = 63,651 =95 Liver: 17,496 =95 Pancreas: = 1,699 =95 Kidney/pancreas: = 2,483 =95 Heart: 3,049 =95 Lung: 3,311 =95 Heart/lung: = 153 =95 Intestines: = 187 -- Source: Organ Procurement and = Transplantation=20 Network

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