Weiss, Julius
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Elmer, Andreas
Béchir, Markus
Brunner, Christian
Eckert, Philippe
Endermann, Susann
Lenherr, Renato
Nebiker, Mathias
Tisljar, Kai
Haberthür, Christoph
Immer, Franz F. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2921-4147
Article History
Received: 24 July 2018
Accepted: 5 November 2018
First Online: 20 November 2018
Authors’ information
: JW Senior Research Associate, Swisstransplant, the Swiss National Foundation for Organ Donation and Transplantation, Bern, Switzerland; AE Research Associate, Swisstransplant, the Swiss National Foundation for Organ Donation and Transplantation, Bern, Switzerland; MB President of the CNDO, Head of donation network Luzern until 2017; CB Head of donation network Luzern; PE Head of donation network Programme Latin de Don d’Organes; SE Head of donation network St. Gallen; RL Head of donation network Donor Care Association; MN Head of donation network Schweiz-Mitte; KT Head of donation network Basel until 2017; CH Past president of the CNDO; FFI Chief executive officer, Swisstransplant, the Swiss National Foundation for Organ Donation and Transplantation, Bern, Switzerland.
: In accordance to applicable law, no ethics committee approval was required for this study which includes only aggregated and fully anonymized patient data. Patients’ next of kin are provided information about the fact that consent to posthumous organ donation implies registration in the Swiss Organ Allocation System (SOAS). The SOAS is regulated by the Organ Allocation Ordinance and operated by the Federal Office of Public Health.
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