The New Greek Statute on Organ Donation — Yet Another Effort to Advance Transplants

Author: Bottis, Maria

Source: European Journal of Health Law, Volume 19, Number 4, 2012 , pp. 391-395(5)

Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, an imprint of Brill

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Abstract:

Abstract

In 2011, the new law on organ transplants was voted by the Greek Parliament. Major changes include the selection of presumed consent system (opt-out) for organ transplants from dead donors. The system will take effect in 2013. In organ donations from living donors, a class of potential donors was added: a person with whom the organ recipient has a personal relationship and is emotionally connected. In this special case though, the truth of the altruistic motives is necessarily examined in court. Also, a detailed list of risks and consequences is part of the content of the obligation to inform a potential organ donor.

Keywords: organ transplants; presumed consent system; `opt-out' living donors categories; obligation to inform

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157180912X651400

Affiliations: 1: Department of Archive and Library Sciences Ionian University Corfu Greece, URL: http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink

Publication date: 2012-01-01