Realising 16 and 17-year-olds' right to consent to deceased organ donation
Realising 16 and 17-year-olds' right to consent to deceased organ donation
There exists a dichotomy between the law regulating 16- and-17-year-olds’ deceased organ donation and their lived experiences. Whilst the law appears to accord young people a right to consent to deceased organ donation, this article demonstrates that in practice they have no, or very little, power to determine what happens to their organs after their death. It examines the reasons behind the dichotomy and concludes that the law should be reformed to ensure the right to consent to deceased organ donation is accessible to young people through the extension of the opt-out system of consent to organ donation to 16- and 17-year olds in England.
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Limb, Rebecca
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14 December 2023
Limb, Rebecca
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Limb, Rebecca
(2023)
Realising 16 and 17-year-olds' right to consent to deceased organ donation.
Child and Family Law Quarterly, 35 (3), .
Abstract
There exists a dichotomy between the law regulating 16- and-17-year-olds’ deceased organ donation and their lived experiences. Whilst the law appears to accord young people a right to consent to deceased organ donation, this article demonstrates that in practice they have no, or very little, power to determine what happens to their organs after their death. It examines the reasons behind the dichotomy and concludes that the law should be reformed to ensure the right to consent to deceased organ donation is accessible to young people through the extension of the opt-out system of consent to organ donation to 16- and 17-year olds in England.
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Accepted/In Press date: 3 October 2023
Published date: 14 December 2023
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Local EPrints ID: 487497
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/487497
ISSN: 1358-8184
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