ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION

Combating Illegal Organ Transplantation Under International Human Rights Law

Despite the fact that the concepts of organ transplantation and organ trafficking seem two completely distinct categories at first glance, sometimes they overlap with each other. This is especially in cases in which organ transplantation occurs from one country to another and for a financial exchange. There are two general indicators for determining the distinction between organ transplantation...

A Study on Information Sources of Patients Receiving Organ Transplantation

Objective Access to quality information is essential for greater patient participation in treatment. This study aims to investigate the information sources of organ transplant recipients in Mashhad, Iran. Methods This analytical cross-sectional study was carried out from December 2017 to May 2018. Participants were 115 patients who received liver and kidney transplantation in Montaseriyeh Hosp...

Challenges in Organ Transplantation

Organ transplantation has progressed tremendously with improvements in surgical methods, organ preservation, and pharmaco-immunologic therapies and has become a critical pathway in the management of severe organ failure worldwide. The major sources of organs are deceased donors after brain death; however, a substantial number of organs come from live donations, and a significant number can also...

Reexamining organ transplantation.

IT IS TIME TO CONSIDER A FUNDAMENTAL REEXAMINATION of the US system for transplantable organ procurement and allocation. This need arises from several important issues, including whether regional vs national allocation policies best ensure fair access to available organs; the alleged problems in procurement of human tissue under investigation by the Inspector General of the US Department of Hea...

Organ Transplantation Management