BC Transplant and Transplant Quebec explain their positions on following families' wishes
on the basis that families may know if their loved one had changed his or her mind. By law, a …

Increasing the consent rate, both through the first-person authorization and family consent,
provides perhaps the most significant opportunity to advance deceased organ donation in …

In this non-scientific poll of audiences that consist mostly of healthcare practitioners,
hundreds have raised their hands in favor of “b,” whereas only a handful have indicated a …

Background: Because organ transplantation relies on public support for donation, an
analysis of public discourse around organ donation is essential. We investigated the …

As of April 13, 2011, there were 110,758 individuals on the waiting list for an organ
transplant in the United States.'The number of waiting list candidates greatly exceeds the …

The practice of using living organ donors remains an ethical dilemma in the field of
medicine, one that evokes passionate debate on both sides of the issue. Many physicians in …

In this paper, we propose a novel approach to permit members of the public opportunity to
record more nuanced wishes in relation to organ donation. Recent developments in organ …

In recent years there has been a renewed interest in presumed consent systems for organ
donation. The UK's Organ Donation (Presumed Consent and Safeguards) Bill of 2004 …

In 2005, 3974 Canadians were on waiting lists for organ transplants and 275 patients died
while waiting. Canada's organ shortage has led to calls for changes to Canada's organ …

The growing need for organ and tissue transplants has led a number of states to enforce a
policy that views a donor's declared intent to be an organ donor as legally binding. This …