Organ procurement: let's presume consent.

F Moustarah

Author Information

F Moustarah: University of Alberta.

PMID: 9469147

IN WINNING FIRST PRIZE in the Logie Medical Ethics Essay Contest in 1997, Dr. Fady Moustarah made a strong and compelling argument in favour of presumed consent in the procurement of donor organs. He stressed that a major education campaign will be needed when such a policy is adopted lest some people begin to regard physicians as "organ vultures."

Health Care and Public Health

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Attitude to Health

Canada

Ethics, Medical

Health Care Rationing

Health Education

Health Policy

Humans

Informed Consent

Personal Autonomy

Resource Allocation

Risk Assessment

Tissue and Organ Procurement

Waiting Lists

Journal Article

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An antidote to the emerging two tier organ donation policy in Canada: the Public Cadaveric Organ Donation Program.

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