Let children decide to be organ donors, says GOSH doctor, UK

The Telegraph | Stephen Adams

Organ donation should be discussed as part of the national curriculum so teenagers can decide for themselves if they want to be donors, a Great Ormond Street Hospital doctor has said.

Dr Joe Brierley said donation rates in children had been dropping due in part to fewer fatal road accidents.

Being made to talk about the issue in class would make bedside conversations about donation with parents about to lose a child easier, said Dr Brierley, a children's intensive care specialist.

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