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Ecuador Passes Bill That Makes Organ Donations Automatic
medindia 8870 Posts Ecuador's legislature has passed a bill that makes organ donations for transplant automatic at death unless a prospective donor has specifically requested otherwise.
Posted on : Sunday, January 9, 2011 1:38 PM

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This is called Presumed consent. Countries like Spain, Belgium, Austria follow it so does Singapore. In some of these the donation rate is high.

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