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Organ Donation Case Study

further readings

The reading "Do Defaults Save Lives?" was a foundational article written by Daniel Goldstein and Eric J. Johnson. It was published in 2003 so we've included a few optional recent articles.



Speakers 



Celeste Castillo Lee 

http://www.annarbor.com/health/local-advocate-making-impacts-large-and-small-on-world-kidney-day/​

Dan Ariely 

http://danariely.com/2008/05/05/3-main-lessons-of-psychology/

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​Grammar 



"Grammar, Psychology, and Indeterminacy"

by Stephen P. Stich (Journal of Philosophy)



Social Media​

So you're an organ donor on Facebook – but at what cost? by Arwa Mahdawi (The Guardian)

 

"The Facebook Effect on Organ Donation" by David Schultz (NPR)

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/09/18/161358304/the-facebook-effect-on-organ-donation



Narrative

The Story of Jason Ray http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=3066192



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Do we independently decide whether or not to be organ donors? In this case study video we will ask more about the factors that weight into what Professor Ariely calls irrational psychological behavior and what Professor Cathy Davidson cites are the narratives that also impact human behavior. Organ donation has a variety of implications for behavior in society. Could relatively evaluating our Facebook friend's donor status's outweigh the default opt-in framework that currently exists in the United States? The United States contrasts with other country's opt-out policy that assumes you are an organ donor. This list includes Spain and Singapore that prioritizes organ donors who are also on an organ waiting list. Back in the US every state varies on how a person indicates they are a donor. This video also asks if there are further defaults within state policies working within this national default framework.

video bibliography

 

​"Donor Information." DMV.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 May 2013. <http://www.dmv.org/organ-donor.php>.

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 "Organ Donation Report Card— Where Does Your State Rank?" Donate Life, n.d. Web. <http://www.donatelifevt.org/reportcard>.

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Schultz, David. "The 'Facebook Effect' On Organ Donation." NPR. National Public Radio, 20 Sept. 2012. Web.<http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/09/18/161358304/the-facebook-effect-on-organ-donation>.



"State Organ Donation Legislation." OrganDonor.gov. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Jan. 2011. Web.<http://www.organdonor.gov/legislation_micro/>.



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