The family matters . Although laws technically allow procurement agencies to recover organs and tissues without family consent, in practice this is rarely done. In most states, hospitals and physicians by custom and policy defer to the family because they know the family lives on and must feel comfortable and at peace with what happens to their loved one. This respect for the families involved helps maintain public trust in the donation system. It saves time .
Donor cards save time, and time is crucial to a successful donation and transplant.
A donor card identifies you immediately, and emergency room personnel are instantly alerted of your wishes. The medicine that recipients take to keep their bodies from rejecting the transplant will be the same medicine their recipients would take. The key factor is the viability of their organs at the time of their death, just as with other donors. It's just that - a rumor . This is simply not possible.