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Presumed consent for organ donation [PDF]
Ann R Coll Surg Engl, 2011 After reading the two well written articles on organ donation in the May 2011 issue, I can appreciate the views of both Koffman and Singh, and Bramhall on what is most definitely a controversial topic. I myself am not only a current surgical trainee but also a recent lucky and grateful recipient of one of the relatively few but growing number of live ...
Rees M.
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'Relative Consent' or 'Presumed Consent'? Organ donation attitudes and behaviour. [PDF]
Eur J Health Econ, 2021 AbstractLegislation, in the form of presumed consent, has been argued to boost organ donation but most evidence disregards the practice of seeking relative’s consent, which can either ‘veto’ donation decisions, or ‘legitimize them’, by removing any possible conflict with the donor’s family.
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Presumed consent for organ donation. [PDF]
BMJ, 2008 Is an ethical and effective way of dealing with organ donation shortages Last year, 1000 people in the United Kingdom died while on the organ transplant list or after being removed from the list because they became too ill. Had a system of presumed consent been in place, whereby adults are automatically registered as organ donors unless they opt out ...
Hamm D, Tizzard J.
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Fewer Mistakes and Presumed Consent
Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 2021 Abstract “Opt-out” organ procurement policies based on presumed consent are typically advertised as being superior to “opt-in” policies based on explicit consent at securing organs for transplantation. However, Michael Gill (2004) has argued that presumed consent policies are also better than opt-in policies at respecting patient ...
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Presumed consent and the implications for eye donation. [PDF]
Eye (Lond), 2021 Hossain P.
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Is presumed consent an ethically acceptable way of obtaining organs for transplant? [PDF]
Journal of the Intensive Care Society, 2019 Pradeep Prabhu
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Presumed consent or contracting out. [PDF]
Journal of Medical Ethics, 1999 In the United Kingdom, we have become habitu ated to an opting-in system of cadaveric organ procurement. It is becoming of increasing concern that this system is failing to meet the demand for organs for transplantation, with 5,349 people on waiting lists for solid organ transplants at the end of 1998.l Manifestly, such a tragic statistic alarms us all,
Erin, C. A., Harris, J.
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What is presumed when we presume consent? [PDF]
BMC Medical Ethics, 2008 The organ donor shortfall in the UK has prompted calls to introduce legislation to allow for presumed consent: if there is no explicit objection to donation of an organ, consent should be presumed. The current debate has not taken in account accepted meanings of presumption in law and science and the consequences for rights of ownership that would ...
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