Provinces tinker with organ donation when overhaul needed: advocate
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QUEBEC (CP) - Quebec and Ontario will just be tinkering with organ donation rules in 2005 when what the system desperately needs is a complete overhaul, says an outspoken transplant advocate.
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Authorities are finding new ways to encourage organ donation, including indirectly compensating donors and families. Charles H. Patrick, director of the Alabama Organ Center, said 11 states have passed laws
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Â· One patient a day dies waiting for a transplant Â· BMA backs idea, but other groups voice concerns
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A raft of proposals is being put forward in a bid to increase the number of people in Scotland who donate organs.
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Advisers recommend a radical overhaul of the UK organ donor network in a bid to double transplant numbers.
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If Canada&#39;s first ministers do not come up with profound, concrete changes to medicare at their highly anticipated September meeting, the fallout will be cataclysmic for both the health system and the nation itself, former Saskatchewan ...
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An independent inquiry is ordered after an increase in the number of deaths after heart transplants.
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A long wait, even up to three years, for a kidney transplant is worth it, claims a Canadian study presented Oct. 31 at the annual meeting of the American Society of Nephrology in St.
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The EU considers introducing a donor card to address a shortage of organs for transplant in member states.
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China's Ministry of Health issues a statement highlighting the country's new rules on organ transplants.
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Scotland needs to move to an "opt-out" system for organ donation as soon as possible to save lives, an MSP urges.
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There are two ways to judge the recent health agreement reached among the federal government, the provinces and the territories. One is on substance: A fair analysis suggests the funding agreement will improve
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Lifesharers is trying to settle the competition for organs in a fair way: before you get one, you should be willing to give one
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Everyone should be viewed as an organ donor when they die unless they request not to be, England's top doctor says.
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Transplant shortage means objectors should have to opt out in writing, Liam Donaldson says.
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Kidney exchanges are helping doctors shorten transplant waiting lists, but they also pose serious challenges.
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The Martin government is considering a substantial fund to make it easier for patients to receive treatment outside their home province as Ottawa focuses on reducing