…rather than substantively addressed. We urge both the Ethics Committee and the OPTN Board to refrain from acting on the pending proposals before you have carried out your duty to protect the interests of potential organ donors as well as safeguard public trust in the integrity of the organ procurement and transplantation system. Please contact me with any questions you may have and, above all, create a system that all of us can trust to value our…

…ST) Form, November 14, 2012, http://www.medsocdel.org/Portals/1/In%20the%20News/MOLST%20Form%20Letter%20111412.pdf [7] POLST: Honoring Patients’ Wishes for Treatment, Part 3: Having the POLST Conversation, University of California Television, Coming of Age Lecture Series, UC Davis Health System Center for Healthy Aging, http://www.medsocdel.org/Portals/1/In%20the%20News/MOLST%20Form%20Letter%20111412.pdf [8] American Medical Association Opinion 2….

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