If I am a LifeSharers member and I die, how does LifeSharers make sure that LifeSharers members get first access to my organs?
A. We rely on your family to make sure that transplant personnel honor your intention to direct your donation first to LifeSharers members. You should tell your next of kin and your doctors about your LifeSharers membership. You should also carry your LifeSharers donor card, and mention your LifeSharers membership in your durable power of attorney for health care or medical power of attorney. Both of these documents instruct your family to telephone LifeSharers for names of members who need your organs and to tell transplant personnel that you want to donate to those individuals. These documents state your intention clearly: “It is my express wish that my organs be donated first to members of the LifeSharers network, unless no LifeSharers member is a suitable match. For each organ of my body donated, I designate as donee that LifeSharers member who is the most suitable match as defined by the criteria in use by LifeSharers at the time of my death.” This means each organ from a LifeShar
