donor card

American

noun

a signed and witnessed card, meant to be carried in a wallet, purse, etc., specifying a person's wish to offer body organs or parts for transplantation or scientific use in case of death.

donor card British

noun

a card carried by a person to show that the bodily organs specified on it may be used for transplants after the person's death

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"People didn't always carry the donor card on them in their pockets and handbags and the nurses and doctors didn't have time to look through. So there was a problem," Cox said.

From BBC

"My dad suggested I register for a donor card, he is a man after my own heart"

From BBC

Graham also won the trophy in 2016 with his joke: "My dad suggested I register for a donor card - he's a man after my own heart."

From BBC

Another person said he'd left a wallet in a London mini-cab but the driver used his donor card to trace him and post his wallet back.

From BBC

I would like to urge more people to sign their driver’s license and get a donor card that you carry in your wallet, stating that you are an organ donor.

From Washington Post

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