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| Title |
Incentives and organ donation: what’s (really) legal in Canada?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease, May 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/2054-3581-1-7 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Timothy Caulfield, Erin Nelson, Brice Goldfeldt, Scott Klarenbach |
| Abstract |
To date, there has been little analysis of the degree to which emerging incentive initiatives are permissible under Canadian law. The purpose of this review is to examine the relevant law - including legislation and case law - in order to clarify the legality of existing proposed incentive schemes. Legislation and case law. Organ donation is governed by provincial legislation that, in general, bans the exchange of any "benefit" or any form of "valuable consideration" in return for an organ. As such, these laws are tremendously restrictive and could have significant implications for emerging and proposed procurement policy. Given the need for innovative, ethically appropriate policies to increase donation rates, we suggest that the time is right to rethink the potentially restrictive nature of Canada's organ donation laws. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 11 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2 | 18% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 18% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 9% |
| United States | 1 | 9% |
| Unknown | 5 | 45% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 55% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 27% |
| Scientists | 1 | 9% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 9% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 24 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 24 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 7 | 29% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 25% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 13% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 2 | 8% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 4 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 6 | 25% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 21% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 13% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 4% |
| Psychology | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 3 | 13% |
| Unknown | 5 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 May 2023.
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