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Sweden has an opt out system, but still has very low participation: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-41199918 https://www.bbc.com/news/health-41199918
by mediascreen 8y ago
Sweden has an opt out system, but still has very low participation:
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-41199918 https://www.bbc.com/news/health-41199918
- Kurtz79 8y agoFor "low participation", do you mean that the majoritiy of population actively opted out? How is the decision to opt out made?
- croon 8y agoI don't know where BBC got that information, but it is very wrong. It's entirely opt-in. You need to either: 1) Register your wishes with the National Board of Health and Welfare 2) Fill in a donor card and carry it in your wallet 3) Notify next of kin/will etc Upon your death you need to be pronounced dead twice with at least 2 hours apart, sometimes after a brain scan. The low participation is indeed true, but according to a 2010 poll, 83% Swedes were positive to organ donation, but very few register as such. Edit: Actually the participation doesn't seem that low [1]. [1] https://ec.europa.eu/health/sites/health/files/blood_tissues_organs/docs/ev_20141126_factsfigures_en.pdf https://ec.europa.eu/health/sites/health/files/blood_tissues... On the Swedish system, in Swedish: https://www.socialstyrelsen.se/donationsregistret https://www.socialstyrelsen.se/donationsregistret http://www.socialstyrelsen.se/pressrum/nyhetsarkiv/sverigeharhogstdonationsviljaieuropa http://www.socialstyrelsen.se/pressrum/nyhetsarkiv/sverigeha...
- detaro 8y agoFrom my understanding (although second-hand), the law theoretically describes an opt-out system, but this is (due to legal uncertainty about the details?) not acted on by the healthcare system, which instead relies on explicit consent.