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Article: U.S. aims to boost organ donations
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- April 5, 2001
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U.S. aims to boost organ donations
Card would be legal document
By LAURA MECKLER
Associated Press
Thursday, April 5, 2001
Washington -- The government will begin issuing national organ
donor cards as part of an aggressive effort to increase the number of
donations, officials said Wednesday.
The idea is to give transplant coordinators a stronger case for
proceeding with donation, regardless of a family's OK, by making the
donor cards legal documents that carry more weight than a driver's
license or unofficial donor card.
It's one element of a sweeping plan that Health and Human Services
Secretary Tommy G. Thompson plans to unveil later this month. Since
taking office, Thompson has talked ...