Organ and Tissue Donation
One of Western Influences’ senior consultants is a Community Advisory Council Member for the Organ and Tissue Donation agency within Western Australia and the Australian DonateLife network
Primarily, this position involves advising on community awareness campaigns; ensuring the trauma of losing a loved one is honoured; and, ensuring that families associated with DonateLife never see the internal workings of the work DonateLife undertakes. In essence, this role serves to make an extremely difficult process dignified and respectful.
As a Council Member, our senior consultant speaks with surgeons, doctors and nurses at education sessions on the reality of requesting organs and tissue from a deceased person’s loved ones. Many health professionals feel that loved ones don’t want to hear about the recently deceased being cut up for organ donation. However, many people appreciate the opportunity to have the deceased person live on in another and to make a difference to the quality of life in others at the same time.
