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Chapter 19 - Brain Death and Organ Donation

from Part II - Neurosurgery-Specific Bioethics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 May 2020

By
George Skowronski  and
Ian Kerridge
Edited by
Stephen Honeybul
Stephen Honeybul
Affiliation:
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Royal Perth and Fiona Stanley Hospitals
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Summary

Transplantation using organs obtained around the time of death began in 1962 and has become a large and very successful enterprise. In Australia, around 500 organ donors currently provide about 1,500 organs for transplantation per year. Success rates of the order of 90% are now achievable, but currently the demand for organs for transplantation greatly exceeds supply.

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Ethics in Neurosurgical Practice , pp. 193 - 204
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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