The authors explored common beliefs and preferences for posthumous and living organ donation in Australia where organ donation rates are low and little research exists. Content analysis of discussions revealed the advantage of prolonging/saving life whereas disadvantages differed according to donation context. A range of people/groups perceived to approve and disapprove of donation were identif...

Introduction: The demand for organ donation has increased in most countries of the world, while the number of donors remains relatively stable. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the attitude and performance of physicians and nurses in Rasht city. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive analytical study was conducted to investigate the attitude and performance...

OBJECTIVES Our aim was to determine public attitudes towards living donation compared with cadaveric donation, and to analyse psycho-social factors that may influence this attitude. MATERIALS AND METHODS An opinion poll was used to study a random sample in two geographical areas (urban and rural). Assessment was made of attitudes towards donation of one's own organs as a living donor to an un...

The critical pathway of deceased donation provides a systematic approach to the organ donation process, considering both donation after cardiac death than donation after brain death. The pathway provides a tool for assessing the potential of deceased donation and for the prospective identification and referral of possible deceased donors.

Blood Donation and Blood Transfusion Services (BTS) are crucial for saving people’s lives. Recently, worldwide efforts have been undertaken to utilize social media and smartphone applications to make the blood donation process more convenient, offer additional services, and create communities around blood donation centers. Blood banks suffer frequent shortage of blood; hence, advertisements are...

OBJECTIVE To compare the cost-effectiveness of embryo donation (ED) to that of oocyte donation (OD). DESIGN Calculation of cost-effectiveness ratios (costs per outcome achieved) using data derived from clinical practices. SETTING In vitro fertilization centers and embryo donation programs. PATIENT(S) Infertile couples undergoing oocyte donation or embryo donation. INTERVENTION(S) Oocyte...

BACKGROUND Healthcare professionals have a crucial role in organ donation and transplantation processes. Their attitude toward organ donation can affect public opinion and the donation decision made by deceased donors' relatives. The objectives of the study were to analyze the attitude of medical and nursing personnel toward deceased organ donation in two hospitals in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, an...

the systemic complications of blood donation are the first reasons why patients fail to return for further blood donation. this study was designed to determine the frequency of these complications and their associated risk factors among blood donors in tehran. also, we aimed to provide suitable methods to decrease the frequency of these adverse events, thereby eliminating the most important cau...

CONTEXT Families' refusal to consent to solid organ donation is a major contributor to the organ deficit in the United States. Previous research has identified organ procurement coordinators as best able to obtain consent from families; however, few studies have examined the effects of coordinator training programs on consent rates. OBJECTIVE To test the effects of the Communicating Effective...