She is an advocate of organ donation and travels to deliver speeches about her experience.
Both Barry and Elizabeth are passionately in favour of organ donation but just as strongly opposed to presumed consent.
Deepak Mahtani is from the organisation Transplants in Mind, which works to increase public awareness of the benefits of organ donation.
Spain leads internationally with 34 deceased donors per million population, according to figures from the International Registry of Organ Donation and Transplantation.
The Welsh Government's just released two documents as part of its consultation on legislation to bring in a soft opt out system of organ donation.
According the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health, the rate of organ donation in minority communities does not keep pace with the number needing transplants.
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If the legal advice is that the proposals do cross into areas of individual liberty and human rights, then it is possible that it would be determined that a system of organ donation cannot be devolved.
Spain has a "presumed consent" law, where individuals are automatically considered an organ donor unless they opt out, but Watson said that is not the only factor that explains the country's high level of organ donation.
The Welsh Government has commissioned Beaufort Research to carry out a qualitative survey of people's attitudes to an opt-out system of organ donation which comes to some striking - and perhaps counterintuitive - conclusions about this very issue.
Counsel General and Leader of the Legislative Programme John Griffiths AM answered a number of questions on issues relating to his cabinet position, including the legality of the organ donation Legislative Competence Order, provision of pro bono legal services in Wales, and the Review of Tribunals Operating in Wales.
The laudable goal of widespread organ donation cannot be achieved by forbidding the law of supply and demand from operating in this market.
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In 2008, the UK's health ministers accepted the recommendations of the Organ Donation Taskforce.
In 2008, the UK's health ministers accepted recommendations of the Organ Donation Taskforce on increasing donations.
The Health and Social Care Committee met on 2 May 2012 to gather evidence on the progress of the organ donation bill.
The Human Transplantation Bill, which could become law by 2015, would mean adults living in Wales would have to "opt-out" of the organ donation system if they did not want to donate after death.
Opinion is even divided among donor families, reflecting the often intensely personal nature of views around organ donation for transplant.
Public Health Minister Michael Matheson said that Ms Bell's story was a "very real example" of how important organ donation was.
Their argument is that legislation won't improve your chances of having an organ donation and in fact, it could make things worse.
And on Thursday, his attorney said he had been an activist in the field of organ and tissue donation that stemmed from his work at that hospital.
Less than half of families in NI are giving permission for organ donation if the wishes of loved ones are not known.
The BMA in Scotland renewed calls for an "opt-out" system, arguing that 90% of the population support organ donation, yet only 40% have signed up.
But there's a straightforward reply, arising from the observation that the vast majority of the public support organ donation, though few get around to signing the donor register.
This race is a chance for me to accomplish two things at once: to slam the door shut on a difficult chapter in my life while simultaneously supporting one of the people who made it possible by raising money for the Chris Klug Foundation, which does a tremendous job of raising awareness regarding organ donation.
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Each NHS Trust in England is to appoint an organ donation champion to discuss organ donation with families as part of all end of life care where appropriate.
Some therefore questioned the whole point of expressing a wish on organ donation.
Altruistic donation refers to the donation of an organ by a living donor chiefly kidney (and to a lesser extent partial liver) donations without compensation.
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Cole had been on what she called "a very long list" of people waiting for an organ donation when she got word recently that OneLegacy, an organ procurement agency in Southern California, had a kidney that was a biological match.
His story highlights the wide range of policies around the world regarding organ donation.
Among the issues being debated are the future handling of organ transplantation and the ethical dilemmas surrounding donation.
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