BACKGROUND Upper age limits for blood donors are intended to protect elderly blood donors from donor reactions. However, due to a lack of data about adverse reactions in elderly blood donors, upper age limits are arbitrary and vary considerably between different countries. METHODS Here we present data from 171,231 voluntary repeat whole blood donors beyond the age of 68 years. RESULTS Blood...

abstract background: studies have shown that, with regard to social, cultural, and institutional contexts, several factors affect family decision-making on organ donation. this study aimed to investigate the effective factors in organ donation by family members with brain-dead patients. materials and methods: this was a descriptive-comparative study in which a researcher-made questionnaire was ...

Objective: 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-com...

This is a questionnaire based study of 501 women enquiring about anonymous oocyte donation at a private in-vitro fertilization (IVF) unit, investigating the demographic characteristics and logistic issues involved in ovum donation. The 501 women were made up of 356 women who did not donate ('non-donors') and 145 women who eventually donated their oocytes ('donors'). Although there was a majorit...

a:4:{s:10:"Background";s:670:"Infertility and decisions about the use of assisted reproductive technologies such as embryo donation have legal, psychological and social issues in addition to medical aspect. So, expert advice should be considered as an integral element in providing the services. Accordingly, this study designed and implemented to investigate the consulting needs of embryo donati...

the study of rights of obligee in any commercial contract, particularly contract of sale, is very important for the theoretical and practical reasons, in case that the other party performs part of contract only and is not able or ready to perform the other part; because, on the one hand, the obligor wants to know whether he entitles to expect from the obligee to accept the executed part of cont...