Individual and family consent to organ and tissue donation: is the current position coherent?

Individual and family consent to organ and tissue donation: is the current position coherent?

The current position on the deceased's consent and the family's consent to organ and tissue donation from the dead is a double veto-each has the power to withhold and override the other's desire to donate. This paper raises, and to some extent answers, questions about the coherence of the double veto. It can be coherently defended in two ways: if it has the best effects and if the deceased has ...

Consent for organ donation.

Improving the consent rate for solid organ donation from deceased donors is a key component of strategies in the UK and other countries to increase the availability of organs for transplantation. In the UK, the law is currently clear on what forms consent may take, with the views of the individual expressed previously in life taking priority. Such views may have been expressed prospectively, vi...

It is immoral to require consent for cadaver organ donation.

n my opinion any concept of property in the human body either during life or after death is biologically inaccurate and morally wrong. The body should be regarded as on loan to the individual from the biomass, to which the cadaver will inevitably return. Development of immunosuppressive drugs has resulted in the cadaver becoming a unique and invaluable resource to those who will benefit from or...

Increasing consent for organ donation: mandated choice, individual autonomy, and informed consent.

Presumed consent to organ donation: a reevaluation.