the idea that someone is believed to have given permission for something unless they say they do not, used, for example, in some countries for organ donation (= allowing your body parts to be used after you die) :
At present, Britain rejects presumed consent for organ donors. More examples Fewer examplesYou can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
(Definition of presumed consent from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
More in-depth, qualitative interviews may be more useful than surveys, especially to examine attitudes toward presumed consent as a term.
One objection is that presumed consent takes away individual autonomy and that people will be disenfranchised from their own bodies.
Strategies for cadaveric organ procurement: mandated choice and presumed consent.Most importantly, presumed consent requires a general recognition and acceptance by all members of the community.
Following the passage of the presumed consent law, a progressive increase in the number of cadaveric organs transplanted was seen up into the late 1980s.
Under presumed consent, if a person opposes organ donation and fills out a card, he or she will certainly have that wish fulfilled.
These include adopting a system of presumed consent or mandated choice, and offering financial incentives to families who agree to donate.
The concept of 'presumed consent' needs mention here.Other proposals bore directly on the current legal regulations on living or postmortem donations and involved obligatory registration or presumed consent.
If a policy of presumed consent were to be established for organ transplant there would need to be a specific provision for removal of genetic material.
We have based our approach on the issue of presumed consent on evidence from other countries. Hansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
That would be solved by presumed consent, as the relatives would be given a presumption because of the failure to opt out where that occurs.
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However, the evidence suggests that that is not entirely clear and that countries that have switched to presumed consent have a better supply.
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Nevertheless, the case must be made for moving to a system such as presumed consent under which people have to opt out.
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The question of relatives' views being against the presumed or actual views of the patient is not new in respect of presumed consent.
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