Background and Purpose—The purpose of this statement is to delineate basic expectations
regarding primary palliative care competencies and skills to be considered, learned, and …

Abstract The revised Organ Transplant Law came into effect in Japan in July 2010. The law
allows for organ procurement from brain-dead individuals, including children, with family …

Despite improvements in the process of organ donation and transplants, the number of
organ donors is progressively declining in developed countries. Therefore, the early …

Background The donation rate (DR) per million population is not ideal for an efficiency
comparison of national deceased organ donation programs. The DR does not account for …

Mass media campaigns are widely and successfully used to change health decisions and
behaviors for better or for worse in society. In the United States, media campaigns have …

Background: Well-established performance measures for organ donation programs do not
fully address the complexity and multifactorial nature of organ donation programs such as …

Purpose The gap between the demand and the supply of human organs for transplantation
is on the rise in Malaysia, despite the efforts of governments to promote donor registration …

Advanced training of healthcare professionals active in organ donation is highlighted as a
major means to overcome organ shortage. The objective of this study was to improve …

Background The effectiveness of the organ donation system depends on the health
professionals involved in procurement and in dealing with donors and their families …

The evaluation of organ donors is of critical importance in all areas of solid organ
transplantation. Donor characteristics have been shown to have robust effects on heart …