Bodies, organs and saving lives: the alternatives.
In a paper in the last issue of Clinical Medicine, some of the background to attitudes to newly dead bodies, the current context of an urgent need for organs for transplant and the objections to calling a proposal to address this 'presumed consent' were outlined. Here further concerns are explored.
Saunders
John
J
Centre for Philosophy, History and Law in Healthcare, School of Health Science, University of Swansea. john.Saunders3@wales.nhs.uk
D006801:Humans; D037141:Mandatory Programs; D016377:Organ Transplantation; D019724:Presumed Consent / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011640:Public Policy; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom
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