@article {Saunders75, author = {Ben Saunders}, title = {Opt-out donation and tacit consent: a reply to Wilkinson and De Wispelaere}, volume = {38}, number = {2}, pages = {75--76}, year = {2012}, doi = {10.1136/medethics-2011-100349}, publisher = {Institute of Medical Ethics}, abstract = {In this reply to Wilkinson and De Wispelaere, I argue that an opt-out donation system can be regarded as tacit consent. I first separate the opt-in/opt-out issue from that of the role that the family ought to play. I then argue that what De Wispelaere calls minimal approval-tracking is not obviously necessary and that, even if it were, opt-out schemes can satisfy this requirement.}, issn = {0306-6800}, URL = {https://jme.bmj.com/content/38/2/75}, eprint = {https://jme.bmj.com/content/38/2/75.full.pdf}, journal = {Journal of Medical Ethics} }