Although overall donation and transplantation activity is higher in Europe than on other
continents, differences between European countries in almost every aspect of …

The success of solid organ transplantation has brought about burgeoning waiting lists with
insufficient donation rates and substantial waiting list mortality. All countries have strived to …

The procedure combining medical assistance in dying (MAiD) with donations after
circulatory determination of death (DCDD) is known as organ donation after euthanasia …

Brain death has been accepted worldwide medically and legally as the biological state of
death of the organism. Nevertheless, the literature has described persistent problems with …

Many believe that the ethical problems of donation after cardiocirculatory death (DCD) have
been" worked out" and that it is unclear why DCD should be resisted. In this paper we will …

Deceased organ and tissue donation after medical assistance in dying and other conscious
and competent donors: guidance for policy | CMAJ Skip to main content Main menu Home …

Background Organ donation following brain death has become an important way of
supplying organs for transplantation in many countries. This practice is less common in Iran …

Organ donation after euthanasia has been performed more than 40 times in Belgium and
the Netherlands together. Preliminary results of procedures that have been performed until …

Examining the evidence from Belgium–one of only five countries where euthanasia is
practised legally–an international panel of experts considers the implications of legalised …

DCD donation has regained much attention during the last decade and is now part of
standard clinical practice albeit this type of donation should not be regarded as an equally …