0 the idea that someone is believed to have given permission for something unless they say they do not, used, for example, in some countries for organ donation (= allowing your body parts to be used after you die):
The question of relatives' views being against the presumed or actual views of the patient is not new in respect of presumed consent.
Nevertheless, the case must be made for moving to a system such as presumed consent under which people have to opt out.
However, the evidence suggests that that is not entirely clear and that countries that have switched to presumed consent have a better supply.
That would be solved by presumed consent, as the relatives would be given a presumption because of the failure to opt out where that occurs.
We have based our approach on the issue of presumed consent on evidence from other countries.
If a policy of presumed consent were to be established for organ transplant there would need to be a specific provision for removal of genetic material.
Other proposals bore directly on the current legal regulations on living or postmortem donations and involved obligatory registration or presumed consent.
The concept of 'presumed consent' needs mention here.
