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ScienceDaily reports:
Researchers say there should be an international database containing the very latest information about organ donations and transplants, so policy makers can make informed decisions on whether to adopt an opt-out or opt-in system.
The call comes after a study [in the UK], carried out by The University of Nottingham, the University of Stirling and Northumbria University, showed that overall an opt-out system might provide a greater number of organs for transplant but many factors can influence the success of either system and a repository of accessible information would help individual countries decide which one would be better for them.
The research published in the online academic journal BioMed Central Medicine (BMC Medicine), is the first international comparison that examines both deceased as well as living organ/transplant rates in opt-in and opt-out systems.
[...] Professor Fergusson argues that it is imperative for transplant organizations to routinely collect data on important organ donation indices -- consent type, procurement procedure, number of intensive care beds and trained surgeons -- and make this publicly available to inform future research and policy recommendations.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 30 2014, @07:45AM
Not necessarily true. We recently had a case here in Denmark (not China or some banana republic), where a the parents of a young woman refused giving her organs for transplant (though the young woman was registered as a donor), because that meant they wouldn't have time to say goodbye.
Which makes sense, the organs need to be still working.
The problem was that a few hours after they refused giving her organs up for donation, she started waking up. She was not happy when she was informed that her parents refusal was the only reason she was still alive.
As long as there is not test that can tell for sure whether you are going to wake up or not, you don't really know if you are going to need those organs yourself.
(Score: 2) by Yog-Yogguth on Wednesday October 01 2014, @12:41PM
Have link? Doesn't have to be in English, can be Danish or other language.
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