Psychosocial Aspects of Living Organ Donation

Organ Transplantation: Ethical, Legal and Psychosocial Aspects. Towards a Common European Policy

Organ transplantation progresses so rapidly that it provides a paradigm for ethics and problems of justice in the whole field of modern medicine. 'Organ transplantation: ethical, legal and psychosocial aspects' illustrates this statement as it shows how the introduction of new techniques and the extension of medical applications beg for new approaches. This book presents the proceedings of a Eu...

An Investigation into the Functional and Psychosocial Impact of Living Organ Donation

Postmortal or living related donor: preferences of kidney patients.

We studied the willingness and motives for accepting a living kidney donation in 61 kidney patients on the waiting list by a semistructured interview and a questionnaire on two occasions. Between both moments of measurement patients received general information on transplantation options. We tested whether demographic data, medical status data or quality of life correlated with treatment choice...

The implementation of a kidney exchange program does not induce a need for additional psychosocial support.

The Dutch kidney exchange donation program started in January 2004. A literature review has shown that several factors of the exchange program could influence the psychological well being of participants, such as the loss of the possibility of a 'medical excuse' for unwilling donors and the issue of anonymity. However, these factors have not been the subject of empirical study yet. We therefore...

Brazilian Healthcare Professionals: A Study of Attitudes Toward Organ Donation.

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...