Posted on 13/12/02
Want to save lives? Just say presumed consent
Nearly 200 Canadians die each year for lack of an available organ that, if transplanted, could have saved their lives.Medicine has made breathtaking breakthroughs in transplantation, including drugs that prevent rejection. But Canada cannot take full advantage of those breakthroughs because not enough organs are available. Keith Martin, a physician and Canadian Alliance MP with a special interest in organ-transplantation policy, calls the situation "a silent crisis that's only going to get worse." And he's right.
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