Modified mandated choice for organ procurement

Modified mandated choice for organ procurement.

Presumed consent to organ donation looks increasingly unlikely to be a palatable option for increasing organ procurement in the UK following the publication of the report into events at Alder Hey and elsewhere. Yet, given that the alternative to increasing the number of cadaveric organs available is either to accept a greater number of live donations, or accept that people will continue to die ...

Increasing consent for organ donation: mandated choice, individual autonomy, and informed consent.

Multiple Organ Procurement

Potential Organ-Donor Supply and Efficiency of Organ Procurement Organizations

The authors estimated the supply of organ donors in the U.S. and also according to organ procurement organizations (OPOs). They estimated the number of donors in the U.S. to be 16,796. Estimates of the number of potential donors for each OPO were used to calculate the level of donor efficiency (actual donors as a percent of potential donors). Overall, donor efficiency for OPOs was 35 percent; t...

Worldwide cadaveric organ donation systems (transplant organ procurement).