Ethics briefings

The Chief Rabbi has called for the NHS Organ Donor Register to be modified to accommodate the wishes of Jewish people to enable them to specify their willingness to donate but only within Halachic parameters and to ensure that a Halachic authority is contacted if and when donation is considered. [...]that time, his statement says, 'donor cards (even those purporting to be Halachic) are unacceptable'.\n The AMS also called for the European Commission to revise the EU Clinical Trials Directive, which was embedded in UK law when Britain introduced the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2003. [...]his arrest in 2007, he had provided medical assistance for people undergoing trial, including alleged militants.