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Organ donation in Australia
Author(s) -
Oberender Felix
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2011.02176.x
Subject(s) - organ donation , medicine , donation , government (linguistics) , health professionals , subject (documents) , public health , health care , public relations , transplantation , surgery , law , nursing , political science , linguistics , philosophy , library science , computer science
Organ donation in Australia has undergone a series of important changes in the past 3 years. An ethically complex and emotionally profound subject, important questions are being raised about the approach to organ donation by the government, by health‐care professionals and also by the public. This paper highlights some of the changes within the Australian organ donation community and explores several controversies that accompany the widespread implementation of measures aimed at significantly improving organ donation throughout the country.