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Radio 4,2 mins
Series Series 8
Who should judge if someone is too old to donate an organ?
Inside the Ethics CommitteeAvailable for over a year
Joan Bakewell's panel of experts considers if it is right for health professionals to judge whether someone should be allowed to donate an organ. Joan hears from Janet Radcliffe Richards, Professor of Practical Philosophy at Oxford University, Antonia Cronin, kidney specialist at Guys and St Thomas’ Hospital and Chris Rudge, transplant surgeon and National Clinical Director for Transplantation (until 2011).
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