Organ donation after euthanasia in the Netherlands
Organ donation after euthanasia is performed in the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and Canada. In these countries, altruistic patients, who often suffer from a neurodegenerative or psychiatric disease, are able to donate their lungs, liver, kidneys and pancreas. In the Netherlands, they even have the possibility to donate their heart. Research demonstrates that about 10% of all patients who undergo euthanasia might be medically eligible for organ donation. Preliminary short-term outcomes of transplants from these donors demonstrate good results. Intensive care physicians and nurses play an import... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2022 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Bollen , J , ten Hoopen , R , Ysebaert , D , van Heurn , W E & van Mook , W 2022 , ' Organ donation after euthanasia in the Netherlands ' , Netherlands Journal of Critical Care , vol. 30 , no. 3 , pp. 88-93 . < https://njcc.nl/organ-donation-after-euthanasia-in-the-netherlands/ > |
Schlagwörter: | -organ donation / euthanasia / end of life care / DONORS |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27596329 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://cris.maastrichtuniversity.nl/en/publications/00f685d4-4f7d-4973-9066-93b79a86d12a |