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 vet...

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Main Author: Wilkinson, T. M. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: BMJ Publ. 2005
In: Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2005, Volume: 31, Issue: 10, Pages: 587-590
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