This book is based on the International Congress "Organ Transplantation: Ethical, Legal and Psychosocial Aspects. Expanding the European Platform" (Rotterdam, The Netherlands, April 2010).
The contributions are an overview of current issues in the field of transplantation ethics.

The topics:

• Organ Tourism and Paid Donation;
• Legal and Ethical Boundaries for Organ Transplantation;
• Diverse Populations;
• Deceased Donation;
• Psychological Care for Living Donors and Recipients;
• Samaritan / Unrelated Donation;

are discussed among ethicists, clinicians, psychologists, lawyers and policy makers in the field of organ transplantation.

The ELPAT platform was initiated with the aim to establish continuity in European communication on 'Ethical, Legal and Psychosocial Aspects of Organ Transplantation (ELPAT)', after several ad hoc conferences had been organised in the last two decades. ELPAT aims to facilitate and structure the European research area in this field of science. It is now an official body within the European Society for Organ Transplantation (www.elpat.org).