A Pressing Need for Effective, Clear, and Consistent Regulations to Facilitate Direct Contact Between Donor Families and Organ-Transplant Recipients

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada; Department of Philosophy, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: nmurphy9@uwo.ca.
• ² Recipient of donated heart, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
• ³ Mother of deceased organ donor, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
• ⁴ Department of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
• ⁵ Provincial Lead, Donor Family Services, Trillium Gift of Life Network, Ontario Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• ⁶ Department of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada; Department of Philosophy, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.