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Transplantation medicine is well developed and the best possibility to cure organ failure. However, too few donor organs are available to entirely utilise the medical progress made in the field of organ transplantation. This causes death every single day. In 2007, about ten people died in Europe every day due to the unavailability of donor organs and about 40,000 people waited for a donor organ. In 2010, even more people waited for a kidney or liver transplant, while less than 20,000 kidney transplantations and about 6,500 liver transplantations were performed during the same year. In Germany, right now about 12,000 people are listed as waiting for an organ transplantation.
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Gutmann/Schroth (2002), p. 1; Norba (2009), p. 24.
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Cf. Bundestag printed paper 17/9030 (2012), p. 4; cf. Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung (2010); cf. Hauptmann/O´Connor, Vol. 336 The New England Journal of Medicine 422, 425 (1997); cf. Kirste, Vol. 81 Der Chirurg 778, 778 (2010); cf. Morgan/Deedat/Kenten, in Weimar/Bos/Busschbach (ed.) (2008), p. 99 f.; cf. Robert Koch-Institut (2003), p. 23.
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Cf. Neft, Vol. 20 Neue Zeitschrift für Sozialrecht 566, 566 (2011).
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The numbers for 1992 are from Jakobsen, in Price/Akveld (ed.) (1997), p. 5. The numbers for 1999 are from Matesanz/Miranda, in Gutmann/Schroth (2002), p. 256 f. The numbers for 2009 and 2010 are from Transplant Procurement Management (2011). The criterion for choosing the countries is connected to the object of investigation (Schnitzer (1961), p. 105; Zweigert/Kötz (1996), p. 40 ff), and the intent of the investigation can be an indication of the selection of the included legal systems (Constantinesco (1972), p. 51; Ebert (1978), p. 38). Since this thesis focuses on the European Union, logically all European Union-Member States are considered. Furthermore, Moldova, Norway and Switzerland are included.
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Cf. EULOD WP 2 (2012), DOW: Deliverable 4, p. 4.
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Gutmann/Schroth (2002), p. 42.
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Cf. Evans, Vol. 15 Journal of Medical Ethics 17, 19 (1989); cf. Fateh-Moghadam, (2011); cf. Radcliffe Richards, in Weimar/Bos/Busschbach (ed.) (2011), p. 41.
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Cf. Gutmann/Schroth (2002), p. 41; cf. Prechern-Hauptmann, in Höfling (ed.) (2008), p. 97.
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Stefan, Vol. 14 European Law Journal 753, 760 (2008).
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Lopp, L. (2013). Introduction. In: Regulations Regarding Living Organ Donation in Europe. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33799-4_1
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