Organ donation proposals

Title

Organ donation proposals

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:03:25

Description

Interview on a bill to secure vital organs (specifically kidneys) from the clinically dead, without the need to seek permission from next of kin. Only 5% of people currently carry kidney donor cards, and there is a great shortage of matching tissue. Interviewer not identified. Speaker not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Legislation; Parliamentary bills; Medical ethics; Organ transplantation; Kidney transplantation; Organ donation

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