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If your deceased family member was not registered with the Organ Donor Registry, medical staff <span class="noglossary">will</span> ask you as next-of-kin, if you are willing to have organs donated. While you are not legally bound to do so, you may wish to make your <span class="noglossary">decision</span> based on what your family member would have wished. | If your deceased family member was not registered with the Organ Donor Registry, medical staff <span class="noglossary">will</span> ask you as next-of-kin, if you are willing to have organs donated. While you are not legally bound to do so, you may wish to make your <span class="noglossary">decision</span> based on what your family member would have wished. | ||
===What is the | ===What is the Body Donation Program?=== | ||
If your family member donated his or her body for anatomy or medical studies, you need to make separate arrangements with the [http://cellphys.ubc.ca/body-program/ Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences] at the University of British Columbia. | If your family member donated his or her body for anatomy or medical studies, you need to make separate arrangements with the [http://cellphys.ubc.ca/body-program/ Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences' Body Donation Program] at the University of British Columbia. | ||
For more details about the donation process and to receive the “Body Donation Program” brochure and body donor consent form, <span class="noglossary">contact</span> the UBC Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences: | For more details about the donation process and to receive the “Body Donation Program” brochure and body donor consent form, <span class="noglossary">contact</span> the UBC Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences: |
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