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LETTERS: Michael Potts First address informed consent in organ donation BMJ 2007; 334: 1179 [Full text]

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Leading by example

Mitzi AJ Blennerhassett   (9 June 2007)

Leading by example 9 June 2007
Mitzi AJ Blennerhassett, writer, artist home YO62 4AQ Send response to journal: Re: Leading by example	Presumed consent Presumed consent is not ethical - a marketing deceit responsible for the tons of unwanted junk mail that fills our bins - and not worthy of the medical profession. The best way to increase organ donation is to educate the public by example. If all healthcare workers signed up to organ donation this would not only boost supplies, but reassure people that there were no drawbacks. Perhaps pathologists and transplant staff should give the lead? Of course, if there were significant drawbacks, these would be spelled out in the 'honest and transparent' information leaflets. Wouldn't they? Competing interests: former Chair, Royal College of Pathologists' Lay Advisory Committee