Doctors Want 'Opt-Out' System for Organ Donors New Rules Will Do Little to Reduce Transplant Waiting Lists, Warns Bma
Sunday Herald › November 28, 2005
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DOCTORS have warned that new legislation on organ donation in Scotland is a missed opportunity to help the increasing numbers of people waiting for transplants.
The Human Tissue (Scotland) Bill, due to be debated by MSPs this week, proposes to strengthen the present "optin" system by placing more emphasis on following an individual's wishes on organ donation after their death.See the full content of this document
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Doctors Want 'Opt-Out' System for Organ Donors New Rules Will Do Little to Reduce Transplant Waiting Lists, Warns Bma
It will also tighten up rules on postmortems and the retention of body parts after scandals such as that surrounding Alder Hey children's hospital in Liverpool, where organs were kept for research without parental consent.
But the British Medical Association (BMA) in Scotland has said the organ donation proposals contained in the bill do not go far...See the full content of this document
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