With increasing emphasis on using data analysis in decision support in healthcare organizations, we describe an example in collecting and analyzing data for a health organization. In particular, we describe the process in identifying the best location for Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service to establish a new blood donation center based on past donation data. Our analysis is divided i...

Mutualisms are widespread, yet their evolution has received less theoretical attention than within-species social behaviors. Here, we extend previous models of unconditional pairwise interspecies social behavior, to consider selection for donation but also for donation-suppressing modifiers. We present conditions under which modifiers that suppress costly donation receive either positive or neg...

Raising public awareness of organ donation is high on the national agenda, but the magnitude of the challenge is not well clarified. We investigated the attitudes and experience of general practitioners (GPs) regarding organ donation. A survey of 200 GPs working in Ireland revealed that a minority provided donor cards (38%) or displayed information regarding organ donation (28.2%). Although 81....

introduction: the main purpose of donor selection is not only the donor protection from blood donation complications but also the blood recipient not be expose to blood- transmitted diseases. this study aimed to determine the reason for exemption from donors among blood donor's who refer to ilam blood transfusion organization. materials and methods: this is a retrospective and descriptive ...

Medicine is a career that most people consider to be enviable. Whatever one's criteria for a good job, being a doctor ticks a lot of boxes: doctors are needed, respected, well remunerated and can make a difference between life and death Increasingly, doctors are experiencing stress, depression and anxiety, fuelled by the increasing demands of the health services, and the lack of resources to su...

introduction: according to the previous studies, several social, cultural, and organizational factors are involved in the decision of families of brain death victims for organ donation. the present study was performed to determine the effective factors in the decision of organ donation among families of brain death victims. methods: in this descriptive-comparative study data were gathered throu...

In a growing number of transplant centers worldwide, altruistic donors are accepted to anonymously donate a kidney to a stranger. An important hesitation to expand these transplantation programs is the fear of evoking psychological distress in the altruistic donor after donation. To what extent this fear is justified has not yet been systematically investigated. In this study, 24 altruistic don...

INTRODUCTION The shortage of organs for transplantation is a worldwide problem and the main cause is the refusal of family members to donate. Consent to donate is influenced by many factors and educational interventions are strongly recommended. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of an educational, theaterbased strategy on the attitudes toward organ donation. METHODS This study employed an in...