British seek to boost organ donation

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AP/Yahoo News, January 17, 2008

Britain has announced that a series of procedural changes at hospitals could boost the rate of organ donation by 50 percent within five years. A task force behind the report issued 14 recommendations to make organ donation a standard part of hospital procedure.

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