Review and Proposals Regarding Organ Donation Education

Abstract

The global persistence of organ shortage justifies a study of the current state of this social emergency and a rational discussion of the possible alternatives for a necessary solution.
Analyses of the results and the conclusions of authors who have studied this problem in depth have suggested the following preponderant factors as responsible for this reality and generated possible solutions to this health and well-being crisis:
•Review of inhibitory factors of social behaviour towards organ donation
•Evaluation and changes in social and professional educational programs on transplants and organ donation
•Discussion of specific, potentially controversial legal proposals
•Review of the relative global compliance with the ethical-economic standards established in relation to the costs of organ transplants