Will the unusual become usual? A new legal change that aims to increase discussions around organ and tissue donation in England
Heena Khiroya, Adnan Sharif, June Jones and Derek Willis
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/fhj.2020-0098
Future Healthc J March 2021 Heena Khiroya
AQueen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK
Roles: specialty registrar in palliative medicine and RCP chief registrar
Adnan Sharif
BQueen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK
Roles: consultant in nephrology and transplantation
June Jones
CEdge Hill University, Ormskirk, UK
Roles: senior lecturer in medical education
Derek Willis
DSevern Hospice, Telford, UK
Roles: consultant in palliative medicine
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vol. 8 no. 1 e170-e173
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- Published online March 19, 2021.
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- Heena Khiroya, specialty registrar in palliative medicine and RCP chief registrarA⇑,
- Adnan Sharif, consultant in nephrology and transplantationB,
- June Jones, senior lecturer in medical educationC and
- Derek Willis, consultant in palliative medicineD
- AQueen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK
- BQueen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK
- CEdge Hill University, Ormskirk, UK
- DSevern Hospice, Telford, UK
- Address for correspondence: Dr Heena Khiroya, 3rd floor Nuffield House, Supportive and Palliative Care Team, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham B15 2TE, UK. Email: heenakhiroya{at}doctors.org.uk
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Will the unusual become usual? A new legal change that aims to increase discussions around organ and tissue donation in England
Heena Khiroya, Adnan Sharif, June Jones, Derek Willis
Future Healthc J Mar 2021, 8 (1) e170-e173; DOI: 10.7861/fhj.2020-0098
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- Should discussions around organ and tissue donation be a routine part of advance care planning?
- What are the barriers that stop us from talking about organ and tissue donation?
- Who should start the conversation around organ and tissue donation, and when should this happen?
- How can the way in which we communicate influence rates of organ and tissue donation?
- How has the law around organ and tissue donation changed in England?
- What can we expect to happen in England based on a similar recent law change in Wales?
- What can we do to further address the issue of organ and tissue shortages?
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