presumed consent
noun[U]
uk/prɪˌzjuːmd kənˈsent/us/prɪˌzuːmd kənˈsent/theideathat someone isbelievedto have givenpermissionfor somethingunlessthey say they do not, used, forexample, in somecountriesfororgandonation(=allowingyourbodypartsto be used after youdie):
推定同意,假定同意Atpresent,Britainrejectspresumedconsentfororgandonors.目前,英国拒绝接受假定同意的器官捐献。
- Perhaps we shouldconsiderpresumedconsentunlessthey (thepersondying)explicitlyhas said no.
- He is apledgedorgandonorwhofavourspresumedconsent.
- We have an "opt-in"systemofdonation, under which thosewillingto givetheirorgansondeathmustsignup asdonors, asopposedto the "presumedconsent" or "opt-out"systems.
- There's anargumentthatpresumedconsentdamagesthevitalrelationshipoftrustbetweendyingpatientsandtheirdoctors.
Medical treatment: surgery
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- ablate
- adrenalectomy
- amputation
- amputee
- anaesthesiology
- anaesthetize
- excise
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- implantation
- incision
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- intraoperative
- knife
- sex reassignment surgery
- snip
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- spreader
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