European approach to increasing organ donation: European Union donor card, presumed consent, and other innovations.
1. Liver transplantation has become the standard of care for terminal liver disease. 2. Unfortunately, liver transplantation has become the victim of its own success because the number of available donors is not meeting the growing demand for organs.
Department of Surgery, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Villaroel 170, Barcelona, Spain. jcvalde@clinic.ub.es
Juan C
JC
Garcia-Valdecasas
D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005062:European Union; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D019724:Presumed Consent; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*