dc.contributor.author |
Manning, Joanna |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2020-07-14T00:04:56Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2020-03-01 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Journal of Law and Medicine 27(3):513-526 01 Mar 2020 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1320-159X |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/52432 |
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dc.description.abstract |
During 2020 new legislation in England and Scotland will come into force, which adopts a Welsh reform implemented in 2015, changing the law on deceased organ donation from an “opt-in” regime, based on the explicit consent of the deceased donor during their lifetime or that of their family, to a model of soft, “opt-out,” whereby the deceased’s consent to donate will be “deemed” unless they have registered or made known an objection during their lifetime. This column examines the ethical case for both regimes and analyses the law reform and its implications. A key issue is whether the controversial practice in soft opt-in systems of the family override, even where the deceased had opted in, will continue under the new regime. The sole aim of the law reform is to increase the supply of organs from deceased donors for transplantation to meet ever-increasing demand. Notwithstanding that taskforces in Australia and New Zealand have recently rejected introducing opt-out systems and New Zealand has not yet even introduced a dedicated organ donation register, evidence of increased donation rates following the UK reform may revive an issue which is currently off the reform agenda in this part of the world. |
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dc.publisher |
Thomson Reuters |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Journal of Law and Medicine |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.title |
Changing to deemed consent for deceased organ donation in the United Kingdom: Should Australia and New Zealand follow? |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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pubs.issue |
3 |
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pubs.begin-page |
513 |
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pubs.volume |
27 |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: The author |
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pubs.author-url |
https://catalogue.library.auckland.ac.nz/permalink/f/1v9lq2o/uoa_alma21148159820002091 |
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pubs.end-page |
526 |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/RestrictedAccess |
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pubs.subtype |
Article |
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pubs.elements-id |
804058 |
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pubs.org-id |
Law |
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pubs.org-id |
Faculty Administration Law |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2020-06-16 |
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pubs.online-publication-date |
2020-03-01 |
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