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Beyond Opt-Out: How Presumed-Consent Language Shapes Persuasion

open access: yesJournal of Marketing
When using opt-out (vs. opt-in) policies, choice architects presume that people consent, rather than explicitly asking them to state their consent. While opt-out policies often increase compliance, they are also associated with managerial issues such as ...
Romain Cadario, Bram van den Bergh
exaly   +2 more sources

The public debate on organ donation and presumed consent in Denmark: Are the right issues being addressed?

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Public Health, 2020
The legal framework for organ donation in Denmark is informed consent. But due to the unsatisfactory number of organ donors, Denmark is considering changing legislation to presumed consent.
Anja Mb Jensen
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Presumed consent for organ retrieval

Theoretical Medicine, 1984
There remains a tremendous shortage of organs for transplantation, and many patients have prolonged waiting periods before receiving a transplant. This occurs in spite of data showing that (1) the general public supports transplantation and organ donation, and (2) a much larger number of donors is potentially available.
A J, Matas, F J, Veith
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Presumed Consent to Organ Donation in Three European Countries

open access: yesNursing Ethics, 2009
United Kingdom Transplant reported that, during 2007—2008, a total of 7655 people were awaiting a transplant; however, only 3235 organs were available via the current `opt in' approach. To address this shortfall, new UK legislation sought to increase the
Barbara L Neades, Neades, Barbara L.
exaly   +2 more sources

Taylor on presumed consent

Journal of Medical Ethics, 2013
In his precis, James Stacey Taylor sets out his full-blooded Epicureanism, which concludes that “death is not a harm to the person who dies and that persons can neither be harmed nor wronged by events that occur after their deaths.”1 He then considers various topics in bioethics in the light of his Epicureanism, one of which I consider here: presumed ...
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Normative consent and presumed consent for organ donation: a critique

Journal of Medical Ethics, 2010
Ben Saunders claims that actual consent is not necessary for organ donation due to ‘normative consent’, a concept he borrows from David Estlund. Combining normative consent with Peter Singer's ‘greater moral evil principle’, Saunders argues that it is immoral for an individual to refuse consent to donate his or her organs.
Michael, Potts   +3 more
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Potential Limitations of Presumed Consent Legislation

Transplantation, 2012
A causal link has been proposed between presumed consent (PC) and increased donation; we hypothesized that too much heterogeneity exists in transplantation systems to support this inference. We explored variations in PC implementation and other potential factors affecting donation rates.
Brian J, Boyarsky   +6 more
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Consent: Informed, Simple, Implied and Presumed

The American Journal of Bioethics, 2007
Raul Easton and his colleagues (2007) have undertaken an interesting and timely empirical study of the relative value that a sample of patients in an emergency department placed on consent for vari...
Laurence B, McCullough   +2 more
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Communitarianism and Presumed Consent

Asian Bioethics Review, 2014
10.1353/asb.2014.0026 ; Asian Bioethics Review ; 6 ; 3 ; 302 ...
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Promoting presumed consent in organ donation

British Journal of Nursing, 2008
For people suffering organ failure, transplantation is the accepted treatment to improve quality and length of life. Ironically in the UK we have a situation where improved healthcare is saving the lives of more people who may have been suitable donors in the past (London Health Sciences Centre, 2004).
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