Organ procurement in Europe and the United States.
Improvements in the medical/technical ability to transplant human organs have led to similar--yet importantly different--societal and organizational responses among the nations of the "Atlantic Community." The highly decentralized system of organ procurement in the United States yields greater numbers; centrally directed European systems reflect lower wastage rates. An emerging convergence of the two approaches promises significant benefits and efficiencies in organ transplantation.
D002102:Cadaver; D005060:Europe; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006295:Health Resources / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D007256:Information Systems; D038622:Internationality; D007603:Jurisprudence; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012926:Social Control, Formal; D014019:Tissue Donors; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement; D014481:United States