Wednesday, May 7, 2014

default choices kill people

" There are two main methods for determining voluntary consent: "opt in" (only those who have given explicit consent are donors) and "opt out" (anyone who has not refused is a donor). Opt-out legislative systems dramatically increase effective rates of consent for donation (the so-called default effect).[1] For example, Germany, which uses an opt-in system, has an organ donation consent rate of 12% among its population, while Austria, a country with a very similar culture and economic development, but which uses an opt-out system, has a consent rate of 99.98%.[1][2] "
From wikipedia
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References[edit]
  1. Jump up to:a b Johnson, Eric J.; and Goldstein, Daniel G. "Do defaults save lives?" (PDF). Science 302 (5649): 1338–1339.doi:10.1126/science.1091721PMID 14631022. Retrieved 2012-05-19.
  2. Jump up^ Thaler, Richard H. (September 26, 2009). "Opting in vs. Opting Out"The New York TimesArchived from the original on March 8, 2014. Retrieved March 7, 2014.

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