organ donation campaigns: perspective of dialysis patient's family members.

Organ Donation Campaigns: Perspective of Dialysis Patient's Family Members

BACKGROUND Solving the dilemma of the organ shortage in Malaysia requires educating Malaysians about organ donation and transplantation. This paper aims at exploring the average Malaysian households ' preferred channels of campaigns and the preferred campaigners in a family setting, targeting at the dialysis family members. METHODS We analyzed the responses of 350 respondents regarding organ ...

Organ Donation Awareness: Rethinking Media Campaigns

Family Disagreement over Organ Donation.

The sound of Sam’s pager suddenly awakens him. A third-year medical student, Sam is in the midst of his trauma surgery rotation. He rushes to the trauma department and learns that his next patient, Justin Lewis, is a 20-year-old male who was in a major automobile accident. Tested en route to the hospital, Justin had a Glasgow coma scale score of 3. As Justin is brought to the trauma room, the p...

Organizations as Communities: Creating Worksite Campaigns to Promote Organ Donation

SURGEON GENERAt’S WORKSHOP ON lNCREAS.lNG ORGAN DONATION INTRODUCTION Historical Perspective on Organ Transplantation and Donation

Successful organ transplantation is one of the many medical miracles that have occurred in our extraordinary century. The dream is ancient. The well-known story of Cosmos and Damian, the martyred twin physicians who replaced the gangrenous limb of a white sacristan with that of a dead Moor, is visually recorded by. many artists. However, it was not until the 1900s that scientifically documented...

Challenges in facing organ donation request of the family of brain-dead patients: a qualitative analysis

Background: The sudden nature of confrontation with brain death complicates organ donation request and makes the understanding difficult  for the family. Understanding the experience of these families with inductive approach provides a better understanding of their problems and explains the approaches to help families in this difficult and complex situation. Aim: To discover mental concerns and...