Shortage of organ donation resulting from difficulties in the diagnosis of brain death by medical practitioners in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Mhd Khotib, N.A., Abdul Rahman, N.N., Shaikh Mohd Salleh, S.M.S.
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/13440/1/Shortage_of_organ_donation.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/13440/

The issues of brain death and organ donation are closely related. Brain death is the irreversible loss of brain function, and from the medical perspective, a person who is brain dead cannot be recovered. The shortage of organs for transplantation is a worldwide problem. One of the reasons contribut...