Abstract
TRANSPLANT SURGEONS are the first to admit that they used to "browbeat" their neurosurgeon colleagues to help supply more organs for transplantation, an approach that often generated more animosity than kidneys. Today's professional interactions are much more collaborative, and fruitful. As of October 1988, the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), Richmond, Va, has enjoyed an ongoing collaboration with the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. The joint initiative has worked to assess educational needs and develop strategies that will encourage more organ donations. The collaboration is just one dimension of a recent ground swell of activity aimed at increasing organ donation—by far the most pressing issue facing transplantation today. Proposed solutions range from the obvious to the offbeat, and most focus on the way the request for donation is made. More Than Just Asking Two recent studies demonstrate how the style and timing of
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