"First Person Consent"

In the March 2009 edition of the Virtual Mentor The American Medical Association Journal of Ethics has published a paper in support of "First Person Consent," a concept that could increase the number of organs available for Transplantation. Now effective in 42 states, "First Person Consent" laws dictates that a documented donation decision like a donor card, drivers license etc, is legally binding and does not require the consent of any other person upon the death of the donor. That means if a person has documented their decision to be a donor, families have no legal right to overrule it. You can read the report in it entirety at http://virtualmentor.ama-assn.org/