Main category focus including subcategory on all articles (n = 2082)
| Main focus category | No. (%) of articles |
|---|---|
| Policy (n = 492) | |
| Opt in v. opt out, presumed consent | 108 (22.0) |
| System management (e.g., database management) | 104 (21.1) |
| Obtaining organs (organ trade, determining death) | 88 (17.9) |
| Rules/laws around donation and transplantation (including family veto) | 55 (11.2) |
| Other | 53 (10.8) |
| Incentivizing donation (calls for, reflections from politicians) | 42 (8.5) |
| Allocation (including denying donation) | 36 (7.3) |
| Legal proceedings | 6 (1.2) |
| Organ recipient (n = 324) | |
| Received organ (recovering, living) | 208 (64.2) |
| Waiting | 80 (24.7) |
| Received organ (died) | 18 (5.6) |
| Died while waiting | 8 (2.5) |
| Other | 10 (3.1) |
| Organ donor (n = 182) | |
| Deceased | 101 (55.5) |
| Live | 59 (32.4) |
| Other | 22 (12.1) |
| Raising awareness/funds (n = 318) | |
| Galas, promotional events | 147 (46.2) |
| Calls to donate from public | 114 (35.8) |
| Calls to donate from politicians or institutions | 29 (9.1) |
| Other | 28 (8.8) |
| Donation rates (n = 200) | |
| Too low | 89 (44.5) |
| Too low (and specific policy or initiative to increase) | 54 (27.0) |
| Too low (and reason/argument given why) | 6 (3.0) |
| Total too low | 149 (74.5) |
| Rising (improving) | 37 (18.5) |
| Other | 14 (7.0) |
| Procedure (n = 139) | |
| Controversies, complications (e.g., malpractice, drug shortages) | 38 (27.3) |
| High number of successful procedures | 28 (20.1) |
| Novel transplantation (e.g., penis) | 27 (19.4) |
| New methods of storing, transplanting | 25 (18.0) |
| Other | 20 (14.4) |
| Stem cells | 1 (0.7) |
| Research (n = 121) | |
| Other | 67 (55.4) |
| Involving animals (i.e., pig cloning, etc.) | 29 (24.0) |
| Involving stem cells | 16 (13.2) |
| Pharmaceutical development | 9 (7.4) |
| Ethics (n = 73) | |
| Religions or religious figures | 31 (42.5) |
| Crowdfunding, public solicitation | 20 (27.4) |
| Social role of donation (being a donor) | 16 (21.9) |
| Other | 6 (8.2) |
| Educational (n = 59) | |
| Focus solely on donation (e.g., how to be a donor) | 29 (49.2) |
| Focus solely on transplantation (e.g., success rates) | 9 (15.3) |
| Other (both donation and transplantation + specific media) | 21 (35.6) |
| Key figures (n = 19) | |
| Medical professionals | 12 (63.2) |
| Nonmedical | 7 (36.8) |