Points mean prizes: priority points, preferential status and directed organ donation in Israel
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Points mean prizes: priority points, preferential status and directed organ donation in Israel
The introduction of Israel's new Organ Transplantation Act in 2010 has enabled the development of a unique priority point system aimed at motivating individual's to donate their organ. The priority point system rewards those who are willing to donate an organ with preferential status and an increased chance of receiving a donor organ, should they come to be in need of one. Preliminary evidence ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2045-4015
DOI: 10.1186/2045-4015-3-8