HileThoughts

I just read Kate Lovelady’s (the Leader of the St. Louis Ethical Society) blog post discussing one of her new year’s resolutions to make sure her wishes to be an organ donor were recognized.

I checked the back of my license and saw that would not have helped - I would have to sign as well as two witnesses - that seems more dificult than it should be. While my family knows my wishes I decided to take Kate’s advise and visited this national site which has links to information from each of the various states.

Going to the Missouri link, I worked for a while and finally figured out how to register on the state’s web site. The usability of the site clearly has never been tested by watching real people try to walk through the process. They have managed to create a site that is well deigned to frustrate rather than help users. The ability to get to the pages is hidden, the text confusing, and trying to fill out the forms when you are able to get to them is counterintuitive. But, if you are persistent, you can in fact use it to register to make your wishes known.

So I did it - so can you. Find out how to register in your state and make your wishes known so that when you loose your life you can pass parts of it along to others in need.

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