Differential impact of opt-in, opt-out policies on deceased organ donation rates: a mixed conceptual and empirical study 2022, BMJ Open View all citing articles on ScopusThis research was carried out through Pr
Organ transplantation:Spain has one of the world's highest organ donation rates, and its organ donation and transplantation system is considered a model for other countries. Spain operates on an 'opt-out' approach, where all citizens are automatically considered donors unless they express a desire...
Spain also operates an opt-out system yet has almost twice the organ donations per million population compared with England. We aimed to identify both differences and similarities in the consent policies, documents and procedures in deceased donation between the two countries using c...
Countries like Spain, Belgium and Norway have passed "presumed consent" laws where individuals are automatically considered an organ donor unless they opt out. While these laws have helped improve rates of organ donation, success in countries like world leader Spain has largely been attributed to th...