Bob Wildblood wrote > I know this is really late, but I just returned from London an hour or > so ago (and only have two of three bags missing as of now); however, > while there, I watched a show on BBC that was about a surgeon who > specialised in doing liver transplants. He said something that I did > not know and that I thought was interesting. In England, everyone is > considered an organ donor unless they sign an "opt out" statement -- > just the opposite of what we do. [...]
I was sure that this was not the case, and checking Google I found the latest statements and policy documents from "UK Transplant�, which included: OPT IN OR OPT OUT? The current "opt in" system of organ donation - where individuals are asked to register their willingness to be a donor after their death - has been the subject of debate for many years. (22 January 2004) See also news story about the drive [sic] to get car owners to register for organ donation: http://www.uktransplant.org.uk/newsroom/news_releases/news_item/new_drive_for_more_donors.htm N.B. A reminder for non-Brits. �England� is not a synonym for �Britain�. My impression is that the French make this error most often, but one occasionally gets it from citizens of the U.S. of A. Canadians rarely make that mistake, it being info about the mother country, an' all that. Oooops! That should have read �the parent country�. No complaints from Canadians, please. You chose to stick with us, when some of those to the south were getting upperty. And how they regret it now, not having a royal family -- other than the Kennedys, that is. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.human-nature.com/esterson/index.html http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/articleprint.php?num=10 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
