Deemed consent organ donation means that everyone is assumed to be an organ donor unless they opt out, but assuming consent raises some ethical issues.
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The number of people choosing to become posthumous donors in the UK has reached 25.3m but this is still considerably lower than other countries.
A parliamentary committee report recommends the Australian government investigate whether an opt-out system could help increase donation rates. But the evidence suggests it wouldn’t.
The family veto is morally repugnant unless removing it would result in a decrease in the supply of transplantable organs.
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Visiting Professor in Biomedical Ethics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute; Distinguished Visiting Professor in Law, University of Melbourne; Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor in Law, Deakin University
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Adjunct Fellow, T.C. Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Cardiopulmonary Transplantation, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Associate Professor and Intensive Care Specialist, Royal Children's Hospital
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Assistant Professor, Department of Bioethics, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University
