Consent from legal next of kin is requested before donation can occur. So, it is essential to communicate to your family your decision to donate in order for donation to happen. The quality of medical and nursing care will not change regardless of your decision. Every effort is made to save your life before donation can be considered. The doctors who treat patients at the time of death have nothing to do with procedures for donation or transplantation of their patient's organs, eyes and tissues.
Donation costs nothing for the donor's family or estate.
All costs, after death has been determined and your family consents to donation, are the responsibility of the agencies that recover the organs, tissues or eyes in that region. Funeral costs, memorial services, or burial plans remain the responsibility of the family. Donation should not change the appearance of the body. Most donations take place within 24 hours after death and should not delay funeral arrangements. It is possible to donate organs, tissues, and eyes.