Increasing the number of organ transplants

BMJ 1995;311:685 (9 September)

Letters

Increasing the number of organ transplants

EDITOR,--Colin Francome and colleagues advocate the system oforgan donation known as presumed consent or opting out.¹ I recognisethat some people do not believe that the NHS's organ donor registerwill be effective, but most of those working in organ transplantationand the public generally have welcomed it. This is borne outby the encouraging response so far: in just eight months overone million people have applied to join the register.

I note the results of the questionnaire that Francome and colleaguessent to nephrologists. A more recent survey conducted by Which?magazine, which is disinterested over the issue, showed thatover half of the general public was actively against optingout.

Francome and colleagues assert that the medical profession isin favour of opting out. This assertion seems to be based solelyon the results of the questionnaires returned by the nephrologists.The wording of that questionnaire . . . [Full text of this article]

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