Opting-out systems: No guarantee for higher donation rates

Transplant International

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1275-1279

  Coppen, Remco ^a   Friele, Roland D ^a   Marquet, Richard L ^a   Gevers, Sjef K M ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Donation rates; Informed consent; Mortality rates; Organ donation; Presumed consent

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EUROPE; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; EUROPE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MORTALITY; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 28444439231     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2005.00202.x     Document Type: Article

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