A group of Jewish doctors is hoping a new survey will help medics to better understand the views and misconceptions about organ donation among British Jewry.
It will be the second poll undertaken by the Jewish Organ Donor Association (Joda), an organisation of medical professionals and marketing experts “dedicated to saving lives by increasing awareness of organ donation within a Jewish framework”.
As the survey explains, last May, “the law on organ donation in England changed to opt-out. This means that all adults in England are considered to have agreed to be an organ donor when they die unless they have recorded a decision not to donate or are in one of the excluded groups.”
Joda co-founder Dr Marc Wittenberg, a consultant anaesthetist at London’s Royal Free Hospital, said the results would shape a bigger awareness campaign later this year.
