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A Case For Presumed Consent For Harvesting Of Organs

A Case For Presumed Consent For Harvesting Of Organs

When it comes to an organ donation policy, the world is generally split between two approaches— the ‘opt-in’ and the ‘opt-out’ system. India has adopted the opt-in system where the emphasis is on ‘encouraged voluntarism’ or individuals (or their families) making their intention to donate their organs known in an act of exceptional altruism.

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Organ Donation: The Need Of The Hour

Organ Donation: The Need Of The Hour

The decision to donate organs is a life-saving one helping people in dire need of transplants. These people are hanging by threads of hope – the hope of a new organ; the hope of living a wholesome life; the hope of not dying.

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