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Organ donation (triple helix - spring 2012)

Philippa Taylor considers the complexities of presumed consent. Plans are well underway in Wales to introduce legislation for an 'opt-out system' (otherwise known as 'presumed consent') for organ donation. This would permit doctors to remove organs from any dead patient, unless they had specifically registered a formal objection to it. ...

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Submission to the Welsh Government White Paper on organ and tissue donation (31/01/2012)

Plans for new legislation for organ donation in Wales to introduce a 'soft opt-out system' - otherwise known as 'presumed consent' - will permit doctors to remove organs and tissue...
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news review (nucleus - Christmas 2011)

xenotransplantation In response to the shortage of human organs available for donation, experts are investigating the use of pigs to harvest organs. By using pigs created with human genes, researchers hope pig organs will not be rejected by the human host. Scientists say a trial transplanting porcine corneas into humans...

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Organ donation after death (triple helix - Christmas 2011)

The issue of organ donation after death has sparked a number of media news stories recently. There is a real shortage of organs available for transplant which has led to several proposalsintended to increase the supply of organs. The Welsh Assembly plans to introduce 'presumed consent' to organ donation within...

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MSG Chairman on Radio 4 re refusal of transplant

11th November 2008: Prof John Wyatt (CMF Exec Member and chair of CMF Study Group) on Radio 4's Today programme, November 11th 2008.
https://http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7721000/7721288.stm

Letters (triple helix - summer 2008)

Organ donation policy Following the brief News Review piece (Triple Helix 2008; Easter:5), respected pro-life campaigner Stuart Cunliffe takes issue Andrew Fergusson says the Christian church should support the principles of organ donation and transplantation and prominent Christian figures should become role models in encouraging organ donation. I disagree. I...

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cmf file 36 (2008) - organ transplantation ()

Organ transplantation has developed from a highly innovative procedure to routine clinical practice. Successful kidney transplantation started in the 1950s followed by heart, liver and pancreas transplants in the 1960s, and lung and small bowel transplants in the 1980s. Outcomes have steadily improved due to better surgical techniques and more...

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Opt-out or opt-in? - Organ donation policy (triple helix - Easter 2008)

In 2007 about a thousand people died in the UK while on the organ transplant list or having recently been removed from it because they were too ill. It is claimed that a system of 'presumed consent' – where unless you have specifically opted out it will be presumed you...

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Organ donation and transplantation – policy actions at EU level (25/02/2008)

Supplementary Submission (February 2008) from the Christian Medical Fellowship to the House of Lords inquiry into the European Commission Communication: Organ donation and transplantation – policy actions at EU level...
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CMF to the House of Lords Select Committee on the Inquiry into The EU Commission's Communication on organ donation and transplantation: policy actions at EU level (08/10/2007)

1. Introduction Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF) is interdenominational and has as members around 5,000 doctors throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland who are Christians and who desire their professional and...
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