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Article: Officials devise new: ; organ donor card; Cards would end confusion by families, official says
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- April 5, 2001
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WASHINGTON - In a major effort to increase organ donation,
federal officials are devising a national organ donor card that they
hope will make clear potential donors' wishes. The idea is to give
transplant coordinators a stronger case for proceeding with
donation, regardless of a family's permission, by making the donor
cards legal documents that carry more weight than a driver's license
or unofficial donor card.
It is one element of a plan that Tommy Thompson, secretary of the
Health and Human Services Department, plans to make public later
this month, according to an agency official speaking on condition of
anonymity.
It also is likely to involve a media campaign, an effort to work ...