Several European countries are approving legislative reforms moving to a presumed consent system in order to increase organ donation rates. Nevertheless, irrespective of the consent system in force, family’s decisional capacity probably causes a greater impact on such rates. In this contribution we have developed a systematic methodology in order to analyse and compare European organ procurement laws, and we clarify the weight given by each European law to relatives’ decisional capacity over individual’s preferences (expressed or not while alive) regarding the destination of his or her organs after death. In this sense, the results constitute the first comprehensive and comparative legislative mapping on European transplantation laws.Numero...
Families play an essential role in deceased organ procurement. As the person cannot directly communi...
To increase the supply of transplantable organs, some European Union (EU) countries have begun imple...
In the Netherlands, like in many other European countries, there is a considerable shortage of vital...
Several European countries are approving legislative reforms moving to a presumed consent system in ...
[Goal] To assess public knowledge and attitudes towards the family’s role in deceased organ donation...
The attitude of 184 family groups toward death and organ donation in encephalic death is analized. S...
[Objectives] To increase postmortem organ donation rates, several countries are adopting an opt-out ...
Families play an essential role in deceased organ procurement. As the person cannot directly communi...
The world is experiencing a lasting shortage of organ donations – a problem more severe in some coun...
This study analyses the variables associated with the decisions made by families of potential organ ...
Background. The degree of involvement by the next-of-kin in deceased organ procurement worldwide is ...
This study compares the specific Organ Transplantations Laws from Spain and Brazil.Its objective is...
In Europe there are various directives on living organ donation (LOD) that are applied differently i...
The Republic of Croatia is a country with the system of presumed consent donation of organs and tiss...
El problema de la escasez de órganos disponibles para trasplante ha empujado a los gobiernos a adopt...
Families play an essential role in deceased organ procurement. As the person cannot directly communi...
To increase the supply of transplantable organs, some European Union (EU) countries have begun imple...
In the Netherlands, like in many other European countries, there is a considerable shortage of vital...
Several European countries are approving legislative reforms moving to a presumed consent system in ...
[Goal] To assess public knowledge and attitudes towards the family’s role in deceased organ donation...
The attitude of 184 family groups toward death and organ donation in encephalic death is analized. S...
[Objectives] To increase postmortem organ donation rates, several countries are adopting an opt-out ...
Families play an essential role in deceased organ procurement. As the person cannot directly communi...
The world is experiencing a lasting shortage of organ donations – a problem more severe in some coun...
This study analyses the variables associated with the decisions made by families of potential organ ...
Background. The degree of involvement by the next-of-kin in deceased organ procurement worldwide is ...
This study compares the specific Organ Transplantations Laws from Spain and Brazil.Its objective is...
In Europe there are various directives on living organ donation (LOD) that are applied differently i...
The Republic of Croatia is a country with the system of presumed consent donation of organs and tiss...
El problema de la escasez de órganos disponibles para trasplante ha empujado a los gobiernos a adopt...
Families play an essential role in deceased organ procurement. As the person cannot directly communi...
To increase the supply of transplantable organs, some European Union (EU) countries have begun imple...
In the Netherlands, like in many other European countries, there is a considerable shortage of vital...