El consentimiento presunto y la reciprocidad como mecanismos para aumentar la donación de órganos / Presumed consent and reciprocity as means to increase organ availability for transplantation

Chile became the third country in the world (after Israel and Singapore) to introduce the rule of reciprocity to receive an allograft. This means that if an individual opts for not being an organ donor, loses priority to receive a transplant. Despite the difficulties associated with its implementation, the recent Chilean reform that also incorporated the presumed consent, should be studied by those countries that are trying to overcome the severe lack of organ availability for transplantation.