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

BMC Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Shepherd, Lee ^a,b   O'Carroll, Ronan E ^b   Ferguson, Eamonn ^c  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deceased organ donation; Living organ donation; Opt in consent; Opt out consent

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEASED ORGAN DONOR; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; OPT IN CONSENT; OPT OUT CONSENT; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANEL STUDY; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; DONOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSPLANTATION;

CONSENT FORMS; HUMANS; LIVING DONORS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84910033171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-014-0131-4     Document Type: Article

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