STUDY QUESTION Do heterosexual parents of young children following oocyte donation (OD) and sperm donation (SD) tell or intend to tell their offspring about the way he/she was conceived? SUMMARY ANSWER Following successful treatment with oocytes or sperm from identity-release donors in Sweden, almost all heterosexual couples intend to tell their offspring about the way he/she was conceived an...

Blood donation is a rather simple procedure, and most people have done so and feel that they can make it at any time. However, it is not uncommon for the public, blood donors and blood service operators to overlook the health and safety issues that could carry impact to both donors and blood donation. In this short review, we try to present an overview of the interaction between donor health an...

BACKGROUND First Person Authorization (i.e., donor designation) legislation makes indicating one's intent to be a posthumous organ donor legally binding, much like a living will or advance directive. Such legislation is the most recent in a long history of organ donation policies in the United States and has received little attention in the literature. METHODS This retrospective cohort study ...

the overall incidence of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (g6pd) deficiency in iranian population is estimated around 10%-14.9% . g6pd deficiency is an x-linked disorder and 80% of donors are usually male. at present, donors’ blood is not routinely screened for g6pd deficiency in iran blood bank where for detecting such enzyme deficiency, reliance is placed on pre-donation data. thus, the g6pd...

Introduction: There is a wide discrepancy between demand for and availability of donor organs for organ transplantation. There is no study on awareness about organ donation in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients in India. Objectives: To study the awareness and beliefs towards organ donation in CKD patients on hemodialysis in western India. Patients and Methods: Authors conducted a cross secti...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Women are under-represented among long-term blood donors. Reasons for this were sought in the donor pool of the Blood Bank of Oslo, Norway, which comprises only voluntary, non-remunerated donors and has a high degree of stability. METHODS Three sources of data were analyzed: (1) the subsequent six-year donation patterns of 17 812 donors who donated at least once in 1...

Research suggests that African migrants are often positively predisposed towards blood donation, but are under-represented in participation. A culturally-tailored intervention targeting the African migrant community in Australia was developed and implemented, to enhance knowledge about blood donation, improve attitudes towards donating, increase intentions to donate blood, and increase the numb...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES African Americans are disproportionately affected by ESRD, but few receive a living donor kidney transplant. Surveys assessing attitudes toward donation have shown that African Americans are less likely to express a willingness to donate their own organs. Studies aimed at understanding factors that may facilitate the willingness of African Americans to become organ don...

a bstract background: in recent years, the lack of organ for transplantation has resulted in health planners and authorities in all countries, including iran, paying serious attention to the issue. despite the above-mentioned fact, families with a member affected by brain death are not interested in organ donation. objective: this study is aimed at making an investigation into the decision-maki...

PURPOSE To learn about African American older adults' knowledge and perceptions of brain donation, factors that relate to participating or not participating in a brain donation research program, and methods to increase African American brain donation commitment rates in the context of an Alzheimer's disease (AD) research program. DESIGN AND METHODS African American older adults (n = 15) from ...