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Multi-D News Transplant doctors want 'assent presumed' law

 

Transplant doctors want 'assent presumed' law

 

Doctors want a new law for organ donation which assumes everyone is a willing

donor unless they have registered their refusal.

 

The British Medical Association said yesterday that the Government should

include a provision for " presumed consent " in the Human Tissue Bill which has

its second reading tomorrow.

 

The BMA says the change in the law is needed because of the shortage of organs

for donation. Dr Michael Wilks, chairman of the BMA's ethics committee, said: " A

system of presumed consent could go some way to bridging this gap. " It would

reverse the current system in which people opt for organ donation by joining the

donors' register.

 

Dr Evan Harris, former health spokesman for the Lib Dems, said yesterday that he

would table the amendment.

 

London Telegraph

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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