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Vol 4 No 4: New immortalities: Death, donation, and dedication in the twenty-first century

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

  • Susanne Ådahl
DOI
https://doi.org/10.17157/mat.4.4.312
Submitted
November 27, 2015
Published
November 6, 2020

Abstract

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