Opt-out donation and tacit consent: a reply to Wilkinson and De Wispelaere

Journal of Medical Ethics 38 (2):75-76 (2012)
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Abstract

In this reply to Wilkinson and De Wispelaere, I argue that an opt-out donation system can be regarded as tacit consent. I first separate the opt-in/opt-out issue from that of the role that the family ought to play. I then argue that what De Wispelaere calls minimal approval-tracking is not obviously necessary and that, even if it were, opt-out schemes can satisfy this requirement

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