Fragmented organ donation programs hinder progress

Factors that hinder organ donation: religio-cultural or lack of information and trust.

OBJECTIVES This paper examines factors that influence Malaysian persons with a tertiary level of education on their willingness to donate organs. MATERIALS AND METHODS A survey was done in the Klang Valley (Kuala Lumpur and its suburbs) at several designated locations. A total of 1420 people were approached, and we focused the sample of 688 respondents with a tertiary level of education. Resp...

Current Challenges of Organ Donation Programs in Syria

BACKGROUND Renal transplantation is the optimal treatment for the majority of patients with end-stage renal disease. OBJECTIVE To examine the donor characteristics of kidney transplants in Syria and the impact of national Syrian legislation on the evolution of kidney transplantation activities in the private and public sectors. METHODS Available data on all kidney transplants performed in S...

Organ donation.

Transplantation is now an established form of treatment for organ failure in childhood. Much has been published on the outcome and management of children with organ transplants, the ethical issues have been widely discussed, and the criteria for the diagnosis of brain death have been established. Most transplanted organs are taken from donors who are brain dead but have a circulation and are be...

Organ Donation Awareness: Rethinking Media Campaigns

Organ donation breakthrough collaborative: increasing organ donation through system redesign.

Virginia McBride and Jade Perdue are public health analysts in the Division of Transplantation at the Health Resources and Services Administration of the US Department of Health and Human Services in Rockville, Md. Organ donation saves lives. The use of organ transplantation to treat people with end-stage organ failure is both medically effective and cost-effective and is now considered mainstr...