An ethics debate on the subject is currently going on within the medical community. Swick is herself a transplant recipient. If people decide they can't be donors, for whatever reasons, that decision has to be honored. Once you've undergone this experience, it becomes a kind of passion, wanting to raise public awareness about organ donation. It was an event, she says, that significantly changed her life.
Most donors feel that way.
It's like giving birth. My brother was going to die. But today, he's alive. She is quick to say that she studied the subject extensively before offering her own vital organ. A Page from the Life of a Living Organ Donor , was written to guide others thinking about becoming a donor.