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Can "presumed consent" justify the duty to treat infectious diseases? An analysis

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2008
Background AIDS, SARS, and the recent epidemics of the avian-flu have all served to remind us the debate over the limits of the moral duty to care. It is important to first consider the question of whether or not the "duty to treat" might be subject to ...
Arda Berna, Civaner Murat
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Impact of Age on the Diagnostic Yield of Routine EEG in People With Childhood or Juvenile Absence Epilepsy: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background We aimed to identify the proportion of individuals with a confirmed diagnosis of childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) or juvenile absence epilepsy (JAE) who show a negative routine EEG (rEEG), and to determine the main factors associated with this finding.
Francesco Fortunato, Alessia Giugno, Miriam Sturniolo, Enrico Fratto, Pio Zoleo, Francesca Felicia Operto, Ilaria Sammarra, Antonio Gambardella   +7 more
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Is presumed consent the answer to organ shortages? No [PDF]

BMJ, 2007
The supply of donor organs cannot keep up with demand. Veronica English argues that assuming people want to donate unless there is contrary evidence will increase availability, but Linda Wright believes the problem is more ...
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Modeling Progressive Brain Volume Losses in Chronic Moderate Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Extensive, but Attenuating

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Progressive brain atrophy has now been widely observed in the chronic stages of moderate–severe traumatic brain injury (msTBI), but there is only coarse information regarding its prevalence and magnitude, and whether rate of atrophy accelerates or attenuates across time. We examined these questions in a Canadian inception cohort from
Robin E. A. Green, Brenda Colella, Alana Changoor, David J. Mikulis, Adrienne Li, Kadeen Johns, Georges A. Monette   +6 more
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Consent model, opt-in/opt-out system, and organ donation rates in the European Union countries

Applied Medical Informatics, 2019
Introduction: Disparities in organ donation rates exists through the world countries, even despite sharing a common legislative background. The model of the consent for organ donation after brain death (deceased donor) informed consent (opt-in system) or
Petru COTRĂU, Viviana HODOSAN, Adriana VLADU, Lucia DAINA, Marcel NEGRAU, Cristian DAINA, Carmen PANTIS   +6 more
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Evolving Frameworks: A Narrative Review of National and Global Policies on Organ Donation and Transplantation [PDF]

International Journal of Anatomy Radiology and Surgery
Organ donation is a life-saving intervention; however, a global shortage of organs persists due to various medical, legal, ethical, and social factors.
Mp Diya, K Pushpapalatha, M Tanya
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Presumed Consent and Cadaveric Organ Donation: Cross-Country Evidence

, 2008
The empirical evidence that default choices matter seems limited to retirement savings and cadaveric organ donations. Focusing on organ donations, we noted that previous studies did not account for a possible right of the family to veto the donation ...
Hui, Kai Lung, Png, Ivan P.L., Kai-Lung Hui, Ivan P. L. Png   +3 more
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The Comprehensive Live Cell‐Based Cytotoxicity Assay for Monitoring Disease Activity and Guiding Rescue Therapy in Acute Attacks of NMOSD

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is a devastating neurological disease that lacks serological biomarkers that can accurately reflect disease activity. We established a live cell‐based assay (LCBA) using serum with endogenous complement to quantify the overall cytotoxicity, offering a novel functional tool for monitoring
Xiaona Xu, Jie Ding, Yupeng Du, Guibao Luo, Jinming Li, Rui Liu, Xiaoyi Xu, Xiao Li, Minshu Li, Wei Jiang, Chunsheng Yang   +10 more
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The Impact of Presumed Consent Legislation on Cadaveric Organ Donation: A Cross Country Study [PDF]

In the U.S., Great Britain, and in many other countries, the gap between the demand and the supply of human organs for transplantation is on the rise, despite the efforts of governments and health agencies to promote donor registration. In some countries
Alberto Abadie, Sebastien Gay
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Presumed Consent to Organ Donation: A Reevaluation [PDF]

, 1997
his paper examines the presumed consent approach from a practical, legal and ethical perspective. It concludes that presumed consent for harvesting cadaveric organs a may be a viable policy alternative, but that research in a number of specific areas is ...
Mehlman, Maxwell J.
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