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Presumed consent not answer to solving organ shortage in US, researchers say
Removing organs for transplant unless person explicitly opts out of donation before death not best way to address scarcity, raises sticky ethical questions.
Nov 29, 2011 |
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Only a policy of presumed consent will improve organ donation rates, say experts
The Organ Donor Taskforce is unrealistic if it thinks that it can dramatically increase donation rates without adopting a policy of presumed consent, say experts in the British Medical Journal today.
May 05, 2010 |
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Is informed consent threatening biobank research?
Having to obtain informed consent for the use of left-over human tissue samples could be hampering essential biobank research says a research group on BMJ.com today.
Oct 05, 2011 |
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Significant variation in organ donations across all 4 UK countries
There are significant variations in the number and type of organ donations made across all four UK countries, reveals research published online in BMJ Open.
Oct 03, 2011 |
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Intensive care nurses have doubts about method for establishing brain death
More than half of Sweden's intensive care nurses doubt that a clinical neurological examination can establish that a patient is brain dead. Intensive care nurses also perceive that this uncertainty can affect relatives when ...
Jun 28, 2011 |
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Comcast has no say as Hulu considers sale
As speculation continues to swirl around Hulu, one of its corporate owners is forced to sit on the sidelines having no role in the fate of the popular online video site even though the outcome could greatly affect its own ...
Jun 27, 2011 |
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Colo. legislator dropping organ-donor proposal
(AP) -- A Colorado bill that defaults all driver's license applicants as organ donors is unlikely to become law this year.
Jan 22, 2011 |
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Gulf grows between research practice and participant preferences in genetic studies
Obtaining consent for genetic studies can be an opportunity for researchers to foster respectful engagement with participants, not merely to mitigate legal risk. This shift is proposed in a policy forum appearing ...
Jan 20, 2011 |
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Bill would make Coloradans organ donors by default
(AP) -- Some Colorado lawmakers say their state should be the first one where people become organ donors by default, even though other states' efforts have been halted by worries about making such a personal decision automatic.
Jan 19, 2011 |
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NHS reforms could mean more patients seeking treatment abroad, warn experts
Spain's excellent record on organ donation rates has nothing to do with its presumed consent legislation, say experts in an article published in the British Medical Journal today.
Oct 19, 2010 |
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Scholar calls for a new legal, ethical framework for research with human tissue specimens
A lawyer and researcher at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics says a new legal and ethical framework needs to be placed around the donation and banking of human biological material, one that would more clearly ...
Jun 21, 2010 |
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Facebook's expansion triggers political backlash
(AP) -- Facebook's plan to spread its online social network to other websites could be detoured by regulators looking into privacy concerns that have raised the ire of federal lawmakers.
Apr 27, 2010 |
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