Social Media and Organ Donor Participation September 30, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Medicine, Video, Web 2.0.trackback
Christopher Boyer has recently interviewed Chris Bevolo and also featured the great and creative videos of Half the Men.
Minnesota men in this age category register to be organ and tissue donors at a lower rate than the general population. The Half The Men initiative seeks to raise the rate of registration in this group to 50% by the end of October 2009, resulting in more than 13,000 new organ and tissue registrants. Knowing that one person can save or enhance up to 60 lives through organ and tissue donation, the impact on those waiting for a transplant would be significant.
A few examples how this important issue can reach people through social media/viral videos.
[...] to share an example how social media can raise attention to the organ donor problem, last year I described the Half the Men [...]
Just because they register does not mean the will actually or legally binding to do so…However, I think organ donors should be sought for on the Internet.
I think organ Donors should NOT be sought on the Internet. I know someone who seeking a kidney and it’s is horrible what she is doing on Facebook, Twitter, and Blip.fm. I think it should be illegal to not go through a professional registry. As, it feels amoral….Thx