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21Dec/17

Consenting to HIV-positive organ donation in the USA: legal and ethical considerations in comparison with a South … – Dove Medical Press

December 21, 2017UncategorizedDeceased Donors - Google News

Consenting to HIV-positive organ donation in the USA: legal and ethical considerations in comparison with a South …
Dove Medical Press
Finally, the HIV-positive deceased donors in South Africa are often young trauma victims where HIV is diagnosed at the time of death and the patient is naïve to antiretroviral therapy (ART). In general, South Africa has very low ART resistance rates …

20Dec/17

Ethics module helps doctors navigate efforts to boost organ donation – American Medical Association (blog)

December 20, 2017UncategorizedDeceased Donors - Google News

American Medical Association (blog)

Ethics module helps doctors navigate efforts to boost organ donation
American Medical Association (blog)
“Presumed consent” for deceased donors—a policy that makes the assumption that individuals are organ donors unless they have opted out of that choice—has been proven to increase organ donation in Spain. In the United Kingdom, presumed consent for …

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20Dec/17

Local Transplant Recipients, Living Donors and Donor Families … – Business Wire (press release)

December 20, 2017UncategorizedDeceased Donors - Google News

Local Transplant Recipients, Living Donors and Donor Families …
Business Wire (press release)
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dozens of Southern California organ, eye and tissue transplant recipients, living donors and deceased donor families joined local elected officials yesterday for the unveiling of the 2018 Donate Life Rose Parade^® Float …

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20Dec/17

The dilemmas of organ donation in Muslim countries – The New Arab

December 20, 2017UncategorizedDeceased Donors - Google News

The New ArabThe dilemmas of organ donation in Muslim countriesThe New ArabSince then, several legal experts have issued fatwas authorising organ transplants, insisting on the notion of voluntary donation and excluding commercialisation. However, there …

20Dec/17

Organ donors on the rise and possible STI exposure at fertility clinic for the latest Health Monitor – St. Albert Gazette

December 20, 2017UncategorizedDeceased Donors - Google News

Organ donors on the rise and possible STI exposure at fertility clinic for the latest Health MonitorSt. Albert GazetteThe number has increased from 18.5 living donors per million people in 2015. The report said the jump in organ donations is credited t…

19Dec/17

Organ donation: Reflecting on a gift of life at Christmas – Meath Chronicle

December 19, 2017UncategorizedDeceased Donors - Google News

Meath Chronicle

Organ donation: Reflecting on a gift of life at Christmas
Meath Chronicle
Ambassador for organ donation Vivienne Traynor said: “I was delighted to be invited by the Irish Kidney Association to support this campaign and to lend my voice for a radio advert which will run on national radio stations directly before and after …

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19Dec/17

Dad promised I would get better…and he made it happen – BBC News

December 19, 2017UncategorizedDeceased Donors - Google News

BBC News

Dad promised I would get better…and he made it happen
BBC News
He would not be considered as a potential donor for Kayleigh, who is from Penicuik in Midlothian. Kayleigh’s mother also has the condition and had a successful transplant 17 years ago from a deceased donor. At first, Kayleigh adapted well to the …

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18Dec/17

Centralia Man, 25, Looking for Living Kidney Donor – Centralia Chronicle

December 18, 2017UncategorizedDeceased Donors - Google News

Centralia Chronicle

Centralia Man, 25, Looking for Living Kidney Donor
Centralia Chronicle
Through her research and posting on Facebook, she has met and networked with other families looking for donors or actively going through the process of getting a transplant. “Being in contact with those people has helped a lot,” she said. “It kind of …

17Dec/17

Organs from deceased donors on rise, but rate for living donors down: report – Times Colonist

December 17, 2017UncategorizedDeceased Donors - Google News

Organs from deceased donors on rise, but rate for living donors down: reportTimes ColonistSince 2011, the number of deceased donors per million population in Canada has gone up steadily, with notable jumps in 2015 and 2016. There were 758 deceased dono…

16Dec/17

Organs from deceased donors on rise, but rate for living donors … – Times Colonist

December 16, 2017UncategorizedDeceased Donors - Google News

Organs from deceased donors on rise, but rate for living donors …
Times Colonist
TORONTO — A new report says the rate of deceased organ donations has risen substantially over the last decade in Canada, while the rate for living donors has declined.The report by the Canadian . . .

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