Legislative Issues Regarding Transplant Act.
10.4285/jkstn.2017.31.2.68
- Author:
Hwi Won KIM
1
;
Hyeon cheol KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Social Studies Education, College of Education, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Organ and tissue;
Donation;
Transplantation;
Procurement;
Government regulation;
Revision of the Transplant Act;
Donor-centered system;
Efficiency-based system;
Virtuous cycle for activating donation
- MeSH:
Government Regulation;
Transplantation
- From:The Journal of the Korean Society for Transplantation
2017;31(2):68-74
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
The Korean Transplant Act has been revised five times since 1999, and each revision has resulted in a slight donation rate increased; however, the organ shortage had not been solved. As a result, further revision of the Transplant Act is needed. The current focuses solely on efficiency for transplantation. Therefore, this study suggests a paradigm shift in the revision of the act through the virtuous cycle for activating donation; namely, from an efficiency-based transplant system to a donor-centered transplant system.
