title: A bit of give and take.
abstract: The U.K. is short of organs for transplant. Presumed consent raises issues about mental capacity and language skills, and religious questions. There are concerns presumed consent could make doctors too quick to pronounce a patient dead.
authors.forename: Daloni
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Carlisle
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D019724:Presumed Consent / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013222:State Medicine; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006113:United Kingdom