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Donor identification and consent for deceased organ donation: summary of NICE guidance

  • Gurch Randhawa
    ,
  • K. Chamberlain
    ,
  • M.R. Baker
    ,
  • P. Kandaswamy
    ,
  • E.J. Shaw
    ,
  • G. McVeigh
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Sustainable Development Goals

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well

Abstract

Organ donation plays a major role in the management of patients with single organ failure of the kidneys, liver, pancreas, heart, or lung, or with combined organ failure of heart and lung (such as in cystic fibrosis) or of kidney and pancreas (such as in diabetes). A shortage of transplant organs has resulted in long waits for transplantation. Currently about 500 people in the United Kingdom die each year because of a shortage of donated organs, and at 31 March 2011 almost 7000 patients were waiting for a kidney transplant1 and would be having costly dialysis with serious morbidity and impact on quality of life. This shortage of organs is partly the result of relatively low numbers of road traffic deaths (lower than in many countries) but is also the result of inefficiencies in the donor identification and consent processes. This article summarises the most recent recommendations from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) on improving donor identification and consent rates for deceased organ donation.

Publication Information

Output type

Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Original language

English

Article number

e341

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

BMJ (Volume 344)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 01/01/2012

Publication status

Published - 01/01/2012

ISSN

1759-2151

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/233952
  • Scopus: 84858998101

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