It will take more than an opt-out system to increase organ donation: prioritise donors to receive organs
@article{Sharif2015ItWT,
title={It will take more than an opt-out system to increase organ donation: prioritise donors to receive organs},
author={Adnan Sharif},
journal={BMJ : British Medical Journal},
year={2015},
volume={351}
}Radical innovation, such as prioritising donors to receive organs, is needed to help change attitudes, argues Adnan Sharif
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