New Australian federal organ and tissue donation legislation: enhanced transplant services but no "opt-out".

Presumed consent in organ donation: is the duty finally upon us?

In recent years there has been a renewed interest in presumed consent systems for organ donation. The U.K.'s Organ Donation (Presumed Consent and Safeguards) Bill of 2004 proposed a sweeping change in the law in the form of an opt-out system for the donation of cadaver organs. The Organ Donation Task-force in 2008 later examined the idea of presumed consent at length, before concluding that our...

Challenges for paediatric transplantation in Africa.

Transplantation is the accepted mode of treatment for patients with end-stage organ disease affecting the heart, lungs, kidney, pancreas, liver and intestine. Long-term outcomes have significantly improved and the aim of management is no longer only long-term survival, but also focuses on quality of life especially in children. Transplantation in Africa faces a number of challenges including wi...

An international comparison of deceased and living organ donation/transplant rates in opt-in and opt-out systems: a panel study

BACKGROUND Policy decisions about opt-in and opt-out consent for organ donation are based on limited evidence. To fill this gap we investigated the difference between deceased and living organ donation rates in opt-in and opt-out consent systems across a 13 year period. We controlled for extensive covariates and estimated the causal effect of consent with instrumental variables analysis. METH...

Title:an International Comparison of Deceased and Living Organ Donation/transplant Rates in Opt-in and Opt-out Systems: a Panel Study

Prioritizing registered donors in organ allocation: an ethical appraisal of the Israeli organ transplant law.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW A new organ transplant law in Israel, which gives priority in organ allocation to candidates who in various ways support organ donation, has resulted in a significant increase in organ donation in 2011. We provide an ethical analysis of the new law. RECENT FINDINGS We note that by continuing to require opt-in consent, the Israeli law has an ethical advantage over opt-out law...