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MEDICC Review 2016; 18 (1-2)

Organ donation & transplants in Cuba: promising results, challenges ahead

Reed GA

Language: English
References: 10
Page: 11-14
PDF size: 328.91 Kb.


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Organ and tissue transplantation extends a lifeline to patients across the globe. But access to this therapy of last resort is restricted by many barriers: access to health care in the first place, particularly to such high-tech procedures, limited by inequities in geography, gender, race/ethnicity or economic status, among others. Access is further influenced by health system organization; its human and material resources; cultural norms and religious beliefs; corruption and organ trafficking; and degree of public education, social cohesion and political will of governments.


REFERENCES

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  2. The World Transplant Registry, which manages the Spanish ONT, says 118,117 transplants were performed worldwide in 2014, an increase of 3%. 2015 Sep 1 [cited 2016 Apr 2]. Available from: http://www.lamoncloa.gob.es/ lang/en/gobierno/news/Paginas/2015/20150901-world-transplant.aspx

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