TY - CHAP AU - Martí Manyalich AU - Assumpta Ricart AU - Ana Menjívar AU - Chloë Ballesté AU - David Paredes AU - Leonídio Días AU - Christian Hiesse AU - Dorota Lewandowska AU - George Kyriakides AU - Pål-Dag Line AU - Ingela Fehrman-Ekholm AU - Danica Asvec AU - Alessandro Nanni Costa AU - Andy Maxwell AU - Rosana Turcu ED - Gurch Randhawa Y1 - 2012-02-08 PY - 2012 T1 - European Living Donation and Public Health (EULID Project) N2 - Transplantation has succeeded in prolonging the lives of those fortunate enough to have received the gift of a body organ. Alongside this life-saving development, there lies another sadder side to the story - there are not enough organs to meet the ever increasing demand. This not only places an increasing emotional and physical burden among the waiting patients and families but heaps a great financial burden upon health services. This book provides an analysis and overview of public policy developments and clinical developments that will hopefully ensure an increased availability of organs and greater graft survival. Medical, policy, and academic experts from around the world have contributed chapters to the book. BT - Organ Donation and Transplantation SP - Ch. 3 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/34544 DO - 10.5772/34544 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-18 ER -