Guide to Sensitive Language
Out of respect to our donors and their families, Legacy of Life Hawaii uses language that reflects the life-saving and life-restoring gifts that they have shared with others.
Appropriate Term
“recover” organs, eye, tissue
“recovery” of organs, eye, tissue
“donation” “gifts”
“donor”
“deceased donation”
“ventilator”
Inappropriate term
“harvest” organs, eye, tissue
“harvesting” of organs, eye, tissue
“parts”
“cadaver”
“cadaveric donation”
“life support”