Physician and relatives’ role change after shifting to an opt-out organ donation system in the Netherlands: A before and after ethnographic study
The change to opt-out did likely alleviates the burdensome role of relatives to make morally charged donation choices for their relatives, since organ donation conversations about patients presumed to consent commence with a clear picture of what the potential donor's wish is.
Authors
- Wilson F. Abdo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5783-8643)
- Jelle van Gurp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9904-2571)
- Gert Olthuis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1055-3816)
- Niek Kok (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6066-4496)
- Myrthe van de Meulenhof
Institutions
- Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
- Radboud University Medical Center (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health Policy
- Published
- 2025-10-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2025.105473
- Primary Topic
- Organ Donation and Transplantation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00