title: [The Italian Places of Nicholas Green 20 years after his assassination].
abstract: Twenty years ago, Nicholas Green, a 7- year-old American boy was shot, while on vacation, on the Autostrada (motorway) Salerno to Reggio Calabria in Italy. His organs, with the consent of his parents, Reg and Maggie, were removed and 7 persons had their lives changed. In Italy in these last 20 years, organ donation has increased powerfully from 6.2 to 18.2 per million population with a peak at 20 in 2006. Reg and Maggie Green, after Nicholas death, started campaigning for organ donation by making full use of the media. Italian justice was efficient and the criminals were imprisoned quickly. With popular enthusiasm, a total of 103 places were dedicated to Nicholas (schools, halls, squares, streets, parks, gardens, private collections), a proof of great appreciation. Teaching organ donation to children, nurses and medical students is a powerful tool to convey the message of organ donation. To prevent opposition to organ removal when brain death occurs as Professor Francesco Casavola says signing for organ donation should be a family decision and laws for organ donation should be updated frequently in order to meet the progress of modernity.
authors.forename: Natale Gaspare
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: De Santo
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scarabelli
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Citterio
authors.forename: Luca S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: De Santo
authors.forename: Giusy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: De Rosa
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D006708:Homicide; D007558:Italy; D014019:Tissue Donors; D014481:United States