BACKGROUND Tissue donation has been promising in prolonging the lives of people with life-threatening diseases. OBJECTIVE To assess the attitude and willingness of high school students towards bone marrow (BM) and blood (as tissue) donation for maintaining a safe and adequate pool. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted among the high school girls, aged 15-18 years, who studied in...

This bill is based on promotion of living-related donations, according to the ministry of health. A closely matched non-related person may only provide an organ out of compassion when a genetically-related donor is unavailable. Cadaveric donation is not among the designated priorities. The edict imposes strict penalties for brokers and those indulging in unsupervised removal, storage and grafti...

Objectives: To describe the frequency of brain tissue donation for research purposes by families of individuals that committed suicide. Methods: All requests for brain tissue donation to a brain biorepository made to the families of individuals aged 18-60 years who had committed suicide between March 2014 and February 2016 were included. Cases presenting with brain damage due to acute trauma ...

Presumed consent to organ donation looks increasingly unlikely to be a palatable option for increasing organ procurement in the UK following the publication of the report into events at Alder Hey and elsewhere. Yet, given that the alternative to increasing the number of cadaveric organs available is either to accept a greater number of live donations, or accept that people will continue to die ...

The aim of this study is to determine the level of knowledge and awareness about organ and tissue donation among the staff from Ordu University Education and Resarch Hospital. The 25 item questionaire was prepared and administered to 297 person who accepted to participate in the study. At the end of the study age, sex, and educational level did not change the status of being organ donors. But a...

Purpose of Review The risks following living kidney donation has been the subject of rigorous investigation in the past several decades. How to utilize the burgeoning new knowledge base to better the risk assessment, education, and health maintenance of donors is unclear. We review the physiologic and epidemiologic evidences on the post-donation state and submit a multiple-hit hypothesis to rec...

BACKGROUND Nowadays, organ transplantation is the treatment of choice for end-stage organ failure, which increases the importance of organ procurement. It seems that the attitude towards organ donation and transplantation affects people's satisfaction. Moreover, health care personnel, especially physicians, should be familiar with transplantation rules and standards. It seems that understanding...