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      Family refusals of registered consents: the disruption of organ donation by double-standard surrogate decision-making.

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          Some countries such as Australia, Spain, Norway, Italy and Canada allow next of kin to override the consent of registered organ donor candidates if they personally do not concur with the donation desire of their relative. This form of surrogate decision-making represents a double standard in terms of the principle of substituted judgment (the surrogate's duty). Further, double-standard surrogate decision-making in the setting of organ donation is a slippery slope to unethical surrogate decision-making while patients are alive. Concerns about family distress and donor candidate revocation of consent can still be managed without permitting double-standard surrogate decision-making.

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          Journal
          Intern Med J
          Internal medicine journal
          1445-5994
          1444-0903
          Feb 2013
          : 43
          : 2
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Bond University School of Medicine, University Drive, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. txbioethics@yahoo.com
          Article
          10.1111/imj.12029
          23402483
          d45a3dc1-06a6-4d33-9125-30cf7c951b74
          © 2013 The Author; Internal Medicine Journal © 2013 Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
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