This is a little different. I'm going to link you to a particular search page on a site called "matching donors." The site allows people who need organs to post requests so that people who might want to donate an organ can search through and pick to whom they'd like to donate.
This is private, not governmental, and it is not a waiting list. A potential donor can directly donate to anyone profiled here, regardless of how long the recipient has been listed.
What I'd like you to do is go through and read about thirty or so of these profiles. You can jump around in the list, choose different seach parameters, etc. (The "search our patient profiles" button is toward the upper left.)
I want you to start a little list of features of these profiles that interest you. What do recipients want you to know? Do they include pictures? Stories? What else? What do they have in common? Make a list. Bring it with you.
(Also, please remember, these people are hurting. Some of the profiles might be quirky to you, but I want to maintain a very high level of respect as we discuss them. No one wants to be in this situation.)
The link is HERE.
at first I thought the assignment is for us to sign up to donate our kidneys...
ReplyDeleteAlso, are we only looking at kidney donation?
ReplyDeleteNo, please don't actually sign up to donate anything! Also, you don't have to explore only kidney requests, but most of listings are for kidneys. --C
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