Opt-out legislations: the mysterious viability of the false
It is frequently assumed that opt-out legislations set down a more favorable scenario to organ donation than do opt-in legislations. However, there are no clear examples of countries with a real sustained increase in organ donation after modifying the law. Arshad et al. performed a comparison that s...
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| Published in | Kidney international Vol. 95; no. 6; pp. 1301 - 1303 |
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| Main Authors | , |
| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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United States
Elsevier Inc
01.06.2019
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| Online Access | Get full text |
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| Summary: | It is frequently assumed that opt-out legislations set down a more favorable scenario to organ donation than do opt-in legislations. However, there are no clear examples of countries with a real sustained increase in organ donation after modifying the law. Arshad et al. performed a comparison that shows no significant differences between countries with these 2 legal systems. Health care providers must focus on actual barriers to increasing organ donation rather than on presumed consent alone. |
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| Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-3 content type line 23 ObjectType-Commentary-1 |
| ISSN: | 0085-2538 1523-1755 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.kint.2019.02.028 |