Deceased donors of tissue

Abstract

Organ and tissue donation are activities that are carried out in many countries. There are some common bases in both activities: • Both activities are performed by a small number of professionals whose responsibilities are to promote organ and tissue donation at the difficult time for the families facing the death of a relative. • Donation is an altruist act of the family and anonymity is maintained during the whole process. • Some organs and tissues may be obtained from living donors but in both cases are not enough to meet demand. In some cases however such as a heart transplant or a cornea is not possible to obtain the graft form a living donor.