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New Australian Federal Organ and Tissue Donation Legislation: Enhanced Transplant Services But No "Opt-Out"

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dc.contributor.authorVines, Timothyen_AU
dc.contributor.authorFaunce, Thomasen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-07T22:22:42Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T10:30:58Z
dc.description.abstractSeriously ill people who could achieve many years of high-quality life with organ donation continue to die on waiting lists due to the scarcity of donated organs. Recent advances that suggest donor organs can be coated with host stem cells to reduce or remove the need for long-term recipient immunosupressive medication highlight the importance of encouraging such donation. A wide variation in organ donor rates in developed nations suggests this is one issue in which the right regulation can make a difference. Australia has now passed federal legislation on the topic. This column considers whether that legislation is headed in the right direction,
dc.identifier.issn1320-159X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/20351
dc.provenanceThe permission to archive the version was archived in ERMS2988179. This article was first published by Thomson Reuters in the Journal of Law and Medicine and should be cited as "Faunce, Thomas Alured. "New Australian Federal Organ and Tissue Donation Legislation: Enhanced Transplant Services But No �Opt-Out�." Journal of law and medicine 16 (2009): 590-594.". For all subscription inquiries please phone, from Australia: 1300 304 195, from Overseas: +61 2 8587 7980 or online at legal.thomsonreuters.com.au/search. The official PDF version of this article can also be purchased separately from Thomson Reuters at http://sites.thomsonreuters.com.au/journals/subscribe-or-purchaseen_AU
dc.publisherThe Law Book Company
dc.rightsCopyright Lawbook Co. This publication is copyright. Other than for the purposes of and subject to the conditions prescribed under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), no part of it may in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, microcopying, photocopying, recording or otherwise) be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted without prior written permission. Enquiries should be addressed to Thomson Reuters (Professional) Australia Limited.en_AU
dc.sourceJournal of Law and Medicine
dc.subjectKeywords: article; Australia; human; legal aspect; stem cell transplantation; transplantation; Australia; Humans; Stem Cell Transplantation; Tissue and Organ Procurement
dc.titleNew Australian Federal Organ and Tissue Donation Legislation: Enhanced Transplant Services But No "Opt-Out"
dc.typeJournal article
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage594
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage590
local.contributor.affiliationFaunce, Thomas, ANU College of Law, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationVines, Timothy, ANU College of Law, ANU
local.contributor.authoruidFaunce, Thomas, u9705219
local.contributor.authoruidVines, Timothy, u4129387
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor189999 - Law and Legal Studies not elsewhere classified
local.identifier.absseo949999 - Law, Politics and Community Services not elsewhere classified
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4046278xPUB12
local.identifier.citationvolume16
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-65249155917
local.type.statusPublished Version

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