RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Opt-out donation and tacit consent: a reply to Wilkinson and De Wispelaere
JF Journal of Medical Ethics
JO J Med Ethics
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics
SP 75
OP 76
DO 10.1136/medethics-2011-100349
VO 38
IS 2
A1 Ben Saunders
YR 2012
UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/38/2/75.abstract
AB 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.