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4. Organ donation / preservation /

transplantation

 Cardaveric donor- organ donation, that is taking organs from brain

death people as well as tissue donation from brain death people as

well as heart dead people

 Living donor: someone who is healthy & chooses to donate a kidney

to a person who needs a kidney

▪ as directed donor or non-directed donor (altruistic or Good

Samaritan)

[Malaysian Human Tissues Act 1974]