The case for making organ transplant waitlists public to increase donation rates: is it possible?
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1344/rbd2017.41.17501Keywords:
transparency, organ transplant waiting lists, organ donationAbstract
This paper reviews the close connection between unwillingness to donate and a perception that organ allocation is driven not by medical need but by ostensibly unfair factors, such as status, income, ethnicity, or connections. The lack of organs for transplantation is one of the biggest hurdle facing transplantation systems worldwide and transplantation is the only technologically advanced field of medicine that is totally dependent on public understanding and support and that provides strong reasons to increase transparency and make waiting lists publicly available.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
The author retains the copyright and grants Revista de Bioética y Derecho the right of first publication of the article. All articles published in Revista de Bioética y Derecho are under Creative Commons licensing Recognition – Non Commercial – NoDerivedArtwork (by-nc-nd 4.0), which allows sharing the content with third parties, provided that they acknowledge its authorship, initial publication in this journal and the terms of the license. No commercial use of the original work or generation of derivative works is permitted.
