Organ Donations: Making Them Opt-Out Might Lead To More Availability
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 16:01
in Psychology & Sociology
In the future, new organs will be created from a patient's own stem cells and they will require no waiting lists, no immunosuppressive drugs, and no stickers on drivers licenses making people available for organ donations. Currently, organ transplantation is "opt in" - you have a choice. A new paper by psychologists examines whether it might be better to have organ donation be opt-out. read more