Factors influencing decisions on organ donation in brain death patients

نویسندگان

  • Ali Akbar Haghdoost Research Center for Modeling in Health, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman,Iran
  • Amin Beigzadeh Research Center for Health Services Management, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
  • Bahareh Bahmanbijari Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
  • Habibolah Rezaei Medical Education Department, Education Development Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
  • Mahla Salajegheh Medical Education Department, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
چکیده مقاله:

Organ donation is an integral part of the health care system. Many patients who have had an accident or have undergone a progressive disease are in need of an organ transplant and if they do not receive the required organ they would die. It is important to know that the most important source of organ donation is the brain death patients. It is highly essential to determine the pivotal factors that have an effect on organ donation. The aim of this study was to determine factors influencing decisions on organ donation in brain death patients. This study was conducted in 2014 and was based on a literature review both in English and Persian databases. In addition, some relevant books were scrutinized. Overall, 2 categories were identified as factors associated with the acceptance of organ donation and factors associated with the refusal of organ donation. Based on the results obtained, these factors have an effect organ donation and policy makers and management authorities should consider these factors to increase the likelihood of organ donation

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عنوان ژورنال

دوره 1  شماره 2

صفحات  60- 66

تاریخ انتشار 2015-07-01

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