EU Organ Donation Directive Must Reflect Clinical Need

 02.07.2008 06:18   medicalnewstoday.com

The House of Lords European Union Committee has welcomed EU proposals for a European directive on the quality and safety of organ donation and transplantation but has stressed that, in establishing minimum standards across Europe, the EU must not impose requirements beyond those which are clinically justifiable. The Committee stress that any directive should include significant flexibility to allow scope for clinical judgement and patient choice.

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