Wetswijziging legitimeert de huidige donatiepraktijk

On 23rd April 2013, the Dutch Senate unanimously approved a proposal from Minister Schippers of the Ministry of Health for an amendment of the Organ Donation Act.

The purpose of the amendment is to legitimise those actions necessary for organ donation and organ transplantation, which are not intended to be beneficial for the treatment of the patient who is to become the organ donor. Specifically in situations where consent is lacking in the Donor Register, it allows physicians to speak with relatives who can make decisions about such actions before the patient has died.

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