Legal origins, religion and health outcomes: a cross-country comparison of organ donation laws
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DOI: 10.1017/s1744137420000454
Abstract: Abstract This paper investigates what drives countries to legislate presumed consent – making citizens organ donors by default unless they opt out – instead of explicit consent. Results reveal the following: First, civil law predicts… read more here.
Keywords: religion health; presumed consent; legal origins; health outcomes ... See more keywords
Gregory J. Wightman, The Origins of Religion in the Paleolithic
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DOI: 10.1080/1751696x.2017.1344494
Abstract: immediate kinship network’. Like Jaynes, he thinks it stems from the auditory hallucinations of the left brain, and seeks to explain how it developed following the transition from ‘bicameral’ to ‘postbicameral’ society, something that is… read more here.
Keywords: religion paleolithic; gregory wightman; origins religion; wightman origins ... See more keywords
Legal Origins, Religion and Health Outcomes: A Cross-Country Comparison of Organ Donation Laws
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DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3218867
Abstract: This paper investigates what drives countries to legislate presumed consent --- making citizens organ donors by default unless they opt out --- instead of explicit consent. A wide range of economic, social, political, institutional, and… read more here.
Keywords: presumed consent; origins religion; health outcomes; legal origins ... See more keywords