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Spain's Record Organ Donations: Mining Moral Conviction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2009

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Over the past 20 years, organ donations in Spain have soared from modest numbers to the highest rate in the world. In the brief span between 1998 and 2005, donation rates have increased from 14 per million population (p.m.p.) to 35.1 p.m.p. By way of comparison the number in the United States is 25.5 donations p.m.p.

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Special Section: The Many Voices of Spanish Bioethics
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Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 18 , Issue 3 , July 2009 , pp. 256 - 261
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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