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The Gift:Transforming Lives through Organ Donation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
It is my great pleasure to introduce this comic. Our project originated from an honest conversation with my friend and colleague Prof Chris Murray: how to communicate complex issues surrounding the issue of organ donation?
Balson , Elliot   +21 more
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Outcomes in patients with gunshot wounds to the brain. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Introduction:Gunshot wounds to the brain (GSWB) confer high lethality and uncertain recovery. It is unclear which patients benefit from aggressive resuscitation, and furthermore whether patients with GSWB undergoing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR ...
Babcock, Jessica M   +55 more
core   +1 more source

When are bereaved family members approached for consent to organ donation: Commentary from 10 European member states [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Background - To scope the timing of the approach to bereaved family members and request for organ donation in DBD and DCD potential donors, in 10 European member states. Are there changes in established practice regarding when family members are asked to
Haase-Kromwijk, B.J.J.M.   +4 more
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Procuring organs for transplantation : a European perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
Background: The shortage of organs for transplant In Europe has been considerable for many years. A number of different policies have been implemented in an attempt to address this problem.
Randhawa, Gurch
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Assembling organ donation: situating organ donation in hospital practice [PDF]

open access: yesSociology of Health & Illness, 2020
AbstractIn this article I argue for the need to situate deceased organ donation in and as a hospital practice. This study puts the spotlight on the practical conditions that enable and emplace organ donation in the hospital setting. The analytical move serves the political purpose to inform and interrogate dominant policy framings intended to address ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Cost-effectiveness of Interventions to Increase Utilization of Kidneys From Deceased Donors With Primary Brain Malignancy in an Australian Setting

open access: yesTransplantation Direct, 2023
Background. Kidneys from potential deceased donors with brain cancer are often foregone due to concerns of cancer transmission risk to recipients. There may be uncertainty around donors’ medical history and their absolute transmission risk or risk-averse
James A. Hedley, MBiostats   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ethics, organ donation and tax: a proposal [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Five arguments are presented in favour of the proposal that people who opt in as organ donors should receive a tax break. These arguments appeal to welfare, autonomy, fairness, distributive justice and self-ownership, respectively.
Lippert-Rasmussen, Kasper   +1 more
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Organ donation in Korea in 2018 and an introduction of the Korea national organ donation system

open access: yesKorean Journal of Transplantation, 2019
A total of 1,503 solid organs were procured from 449 deceased donors in 2018. Although the number of donors was down by 12.8% from the previous year (8.7 per million population), the number of organs procured per donor increased from 3.29 in 2017 to 3.35
Won-Hyun Cho
doaj   +1 more source

Dysregulation of innate cell types in the hepatic immune microenvironment of alcoholic liver cirrhosis

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2023
IntroductionThe risk of alcoholic cirrhosis increases in a dose- and time-dependent manner with alcohol consumption and ethanol metabolism in the liver. Currently, no effective antifibrotic therapies are available.
Ao Ren   +32 more
doaj   +1 more source

Financial incentives to improve organ donation: what is the opinion of the Vaud French-speaking population? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
BACKGROUND: With the increase of the organ shortage, several authors assume that financial incentives would improve organ donation rates and fill the unbalance between the demand and the organs available for transplant medicine. This line of argument
Benaroyo, L., Bosisio, F., Santiago, M.
core   +1 more source

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