D o transplant physi-cians sometimes ex-ploit grieving families by. using coercion when
asking for organs? Pat Houlihan, organ-procurement officer for the multiorgan trans-plant …

The number of organs available for transplantation in Canada is insufficient to meet the
demand, so many patients die waiting for surgery. Improving the supply of donor organs by …

A s the numbers and ranges of successful organ transplantations grow, it is obvious that the
demand for organ donations has outstripped the supply. Im-proved surgical procedures and …

of donated organ^.^ Under the UAGA, individuals 18 years old or older, in the presence of
two witnesses, may record their wishes to donate organs on a donor card, will, or other …

In 2000 the number of organ transplants performed fell by 3% while the waiting list numbers
rose by 2%. The human consequence of these statistics is that because of the shortage of …

In 1976, Portugal adopted presumed consent legislation concerning cadaver organ
donation for transplantation. This law took its inspiration from several attempts to introduce a …

AS of April 1991, there were 22,842 people in the United States on the waiting lists for
organs for transplantation. 1 The list is getting longer each year. Many patients die waiting …

All things considered, one is tempted to answer the question in the title: How presumed is
presumed consent? Not very, or not at all. It is evident that, regardless of the law, be it opting …

In the December issue of the Journal, Arthur Matas argues that in order to increase the
supply of desperately needed kidneys, we should allow healthy people to sell one of theirs …

Ethical Challenges Posed by the Solicitation of Deceased and Living Organ Donors | New
England Journal of Medicine Skip to main content The New England Journal of Medicine …