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Mandated Choice

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Mandated Choice
A mechanism suggested by the AMA’s Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs, and proposed in the UK under former Prime Minister Gordon Brown to increase the number of cadaveric organs available for transplantation. In mandated choice, a person would be required to choose—whether to donate or not—while registering for a drivers’ license, filing income tax form or performing other tasks mandated by the state

mandated choice
Transplantation A mechanism suggested by the AMA's Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs to ↑ number of cadaveric organs available for transplantation; in MC, a person would be required to choose–to donate or not while registering for a drivers' license, filing income tax form or performing other tasks mandated by the state. See Cadaveric organ transplantation, Presumed consent.


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In a system of mandated choice, all adults would be required by law to state whether or not they are prepared to donate their organs after death.
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