{"id":9097,"date":"2021-02-02T13:37:29","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T13:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/?p=9097"},"modified":"2021-02-02T15:05:14","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T15:05:14","slug":"january-18-2021-deemed-consent-enacted-in-nova-scotia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/january-18-2021-deemed-consent-enacted-in-nova-scotia\/","title":{"rendered":"January 18, 2021: Deemed Consent Enacted in Nova Scotia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h4>January 18, 2021: Deemed Consent Enacted in Nova Scotia<\/h4>\n<p>On January 18, Nova Scotia became the first jurisdiction in North America to enact deemed consent organ donation system.<\/p>\n<p>The CDTRP, along with four other partners, is privileged support Dr. Stephen Beed and Dr. Matthew Weiss in their research conducting an evaluation of the deemed consent model entitled: <strong>&#8220;Legislative Strategies to Improve Deceased Donation in Canada: A Special Focus on Evaluating the Impact of Opt-Out Legislation in Nova Scotia&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This project will gather evidence to inform legislative strategies aimed at improving organ donation and to evaluate the impact of opt-out legislation on organ donation in Nova Scotia.<\/p>\n<p>Overview of Activities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Examine the international experience of opt-out legislation to help guide the implementation of the legislative change in Nova Scotia.<\/li>\n<li>Understand public and health care professional opinions on donation and opt-out, the role of the media.<\/li>\n<li>Evaluate the impact of the opt-out legislative change in Nova Scotia on key donation metrics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This project involves collaboration of five partner organizations: Nova Scotia Health, Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness, Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program, Transplant Qu\u00e9bec and Canadian Blood Services. This project was funded by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/public-health\/services\/healthy-living\/blood-organ-tissue-donation\/organ-donation-transplantation-collaborative.html\">Organ Donation and Transplantation Collaborative (ODTC),<\/a> an initiative led by Health Canada.<\/p>\n<p>For <strong>media coverage<\/strong> following the January 18, 2021 debut, please see the links below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carolyn Ray\/CBC \u2013Interview with Dr. Stephen Beed following his appearance at the Standing Committee on Health on Tuesday.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/nova-scotia\/record-number-organ-donations-presumed-consent-law-1.5833317\">View story here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Katie Hartai\/News 95.7 \u2013 Interview with Dr. Beed regarding the number of organ donations that have taken place in NS this year. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.halifaxtoday.ca\/local-news\/nova-scotia-sets-new-record-high-for-organ-donors-in-2020-3170698\">Link here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>HOTDA: <a href=\"https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/news\/release\/?id=20210118001\">Release from the office of the Premier of Nova Scotia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":9102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9097"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9097"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9104,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9097\/revisions\/9104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}