Impact of organ donation on Paraguayan donor families

Donation benefit to organ donor families: a current debate.

Before beginning this activity, please read the instructions for CME on p. 241. This page also provides important information on the method of physician participation, estimated time to complete the educational activity, medium used for instruction, and dates of release and expiration. The quiz, evaluation form, and certification appear on pp. 241–243. Donation benefit to organ donor families: ...

Why families say no to organ donation.

A comparative study on effective factors on consent to organ donation among families of brain death victims in Isfahan, 2013

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...

Care and Support for Organ Donor Families

This report describes the importance of perceiving brain death as “terminal phase of life in the acute stage” when medical professionals provide care and support to the donor family, while considering the significance for the donor family to overcome their grief and consent to organ donation when their loved one is unfortunately pronounced brain dead. From the terminal phase viewpoint, the basi...

The dead-donor rule and the future of organ donation.

1287 cular risks of rosiglitazone led to a major change in FDA policy regarding the approval of all new diabetes drugs. From a cardiovascular perspective, rosiglitazone, saxagliptin, and alogliptin appear to be relatively safe. It is disappointing, however, that neither intensive glycemic control nor the use of specific diabetes medications is associated with any suggestion of cardiovascular be...