Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Presumed Consent

An institutional policy of granting authority to health personnel to perform procedures on patients or to remove organs from cadavers for transplantation unless an objection is registered by family members or by the patient prior to death. This also includes emergency care of minors without prior parental consent.

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Abstract

An institutional policy of granting authority to health personnel to perform procedures on patients or to remove organs from cadavers for transplantation unless an objection is registered by family members or by the patient prior to death. This also includes emergency care of minors without prior parental consent.

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1 entry terms
  • Consent, Presumed

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Aspects Covered

3 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence.

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History Note

1999

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Previous Indexing

  • Informed Consent (1986-1998)

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  1. I01w.880w.604.583w.659
  2. N03w.706.535w.664

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Presumed Consent. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019724. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019724
  2. Presumed Consent. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43081008