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In 1976, Portugal adopted presumed consent legislation concerning cadaver organ donation for transplantation. This law took its inspiration from several attempts to introduce a similar contracting-out system in Britain, and from the proceedings of the joint committee of experts of the Council of Europe which led to the Resolution (78) adopted by the Committee of Ministers on the 11 May 1978.
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Pena, J.R., Pena, R., Gomes da Costa, A. (1991). Presumed Consent and Cadaver Organ Donation: Is There a Place for Family Involvement?. In: Land, W., Dossetor, J.B. (eds) Organ Replacement Therapy: Ethics, Justice Commerce. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76444-8_43
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