Solidarity beyond the grave: Yielding organs in a Nordic welfare state

According to a survey carried out in 2009, Finnish citizens are exceptionally willing to donate their organs after death, an attitude that paved the way for a 2010 amendment to the Tissue Law that introduced an ‘opt-out’ consent policy. Reactions to the l

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Main Author: Susanne Ådahl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh Library 2020-11-01
Series:Medicine Anthropology Theory
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Online Access:http://www.medanthrotheory.org/article/view/3969
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title Solidarity beyond the grave: Yielding organs in a Nordic welfare state
title_short Solidarity beyond the grave: Yielding organs in a Nordic welfare state
title_full Solidarity beyond the grave: Yielding organs in a Nordic welfare state
title_fullStr Solidarity beyond the grave: Yielding organs in a Nordic welfare state
title_full_unstemmed Solidarity beyond the grave: Yielding organs in a Nordic welfare state
title_sort solidarity beyond the grave: yielding organs in a nordic welfare state
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publishDate 2020-11-01
description According to a survey carried out in 2009, Finnish citizens are exceptionally willing to donate their organs after death, an attitude that paved the way for a 2010 amendment to the Tissue Law that introduced an ‘opt-out’ consent policy. Reactions to the l
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solidarity
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