Kieran Lamb
"Presumed consent" for organ donation would risk destroying the trust that patients and their families have in doctors, a government-appointed taskforce said yesterday, unanimously rejecting a proposal which has the support of the prime minister and chief medical officer.
Gordon Brown immediately made it clear that he still supported presumed consent, which would mean that every UK citizen would be assumed to be willing to donate their organs in the event of sudden death, unless they had specifically opted out by placing their name on a register.
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