RT Article
T1 Opt-Outs and Upgrades: Ethics and Law in the United Kingdom
JF Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
VO 23
IS 3
SP 308
OP 318
A1 Stammers, Trevor
A2 James, Matt
LA English
YR 2014
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1827974729
AB We report on two areas in which UK law and ethics seem out of step with each other. 2013 saw the passing of the Human Transplantation (Wales) Bill, which will introduce an opt-out system of organ donation in Wales from 2015. In the first section, we discuss the convoluted evolution of the Bill and some potential problems that we consider may prevent it from achieving its intended goal of increasing the number of organs transplanted. The prospect of being able to enhance human cognition through cognitive-enhancing drugs (“smart drugs”) also presents a nexus of questions associated with future ambitions, hopes, and concerns as a society. How these drugs might affect the future of work and employment is beginning to generate wide public engagement in the UK and forms the focus of the second section.
K1 Human Enhancement
K1 modafinil
K1 Ritalin
K1 smart drugs
K1 cognitive-enhancing drugs
K1 presumed consent
K1 opt out
K1 Organ Transplantation
K1 Organ Donation
DO 10.1017/S0963180113000911