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Re:Organ donation becomes opt-out in France by jobigoud on Monday January 02, 2017 @11:08AM (#13301881)
Oh, so instead of saying "I don't know" to trigger the default, people were possibly lying and taking a decision on behalf of their deceased relative…
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Re:Organ donation becomes opt-out in France by catwell on Monday January 02, 2017 @11:14AM (#13301931)
Yes, I added a source (the first one) which confirms that. 32.5 % of the time the relatives said no, but polls showed that it should only have been 21 %.
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Re:Organ donation becomes opt-out in France by Tinyyy on Monday January 02, 2017 @11:26AM (#13302047)
Lying is a rather strong word, perhaps they thought that their relative was inclined to refuse donation. And default has no meaning here because they know that their answer decides the outcome; letting it fall to a “default” option decided by others seems to be rather irresponsible to the deceased relative.
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Re:Organ donation becomes opt-out in France by loup-vaillant on Monday January 02, 2017 @12:01PM (#13302374)
Death is a rather traumatic event. Many people won't think straight in this situation. Some may just blurt out "no" because they're in no state to respond to any kind of request.
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