The myth of presumed consent: ethical problems in new organ procurement strategies
Veatch, R.M.; Pitt, J.B.
Transplantation Proceedings 27(2): 1888-1892
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-1345 PMID: 7725540 Document Number: 3576
The acute shortage of organs for transplantation has led to considerable interest in laws that arc designed to increase the number of organs procured. These laws are often referred to as "presumed consent" laws. Such laws are alleged in many popular and scholarly articles to exist in several European countries and Singapore, among other places. The reasoning behind recent arguments in favor of adopting a so-called "presumed consent" law in the United States is that if we can presume the consent of the deceased to organ procurement there will be a substantial increase in the yield of organs.
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