Organ trade to be illegal
- Title
- Organ trade to be illegal
- Genre
- News report; Interview
- TX Date
- 7 Feb 1989
- Year of production
- 1989
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- Duration
- 00:02:16
- Description
- The government is to make it a criminal offence to trade in human organs following some recent cases in the UK. Health Minister Roger Freeman outlines the new legislation he announced this morning. Spokesperson for the BMA Vivienne Nathanson gives the move a guarded welcome. Kevin Mosley reports.
- Contributors
- Roger Freeman; Kevin Mosley; Vivienne Nathanson
- Keywords
- Legislation; Human rights violations; Medical ethics; BMA; Organ transplantation; Organs (anatomy)
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