Opting in or out of organ donation.

Opting-out systems: no guarantee for higher donation rates.

There are considerable differences in the number of organ donations between countries. It is assumed that opting-out systems have a significantly positive impact on the national organ donation rate. The aim of our study was to establish whether different consent systems explain the difference in organ donation rates between countries when taking into account the difference in relevant mortality...

Analysis of Solutions for Developing Resources of Organ Donation; A Donation Card Approach

Nowadays, organ transplant is an inevitable necessity for patients in need who other medical treatments don’t work for them. Nevertheless, it has become one of the major challenges of societies to find transplantable organs in order to bring patients in need back to society and their families. The statistics points out that in the year 2017, despite the issuance of the four million organ donati...

Tacitly opting out of organ donation: too presumptuous after all?

Factors influencing decisions on organ donation in brain death patients

Organ donation is an integral part of the health care system. Many patients who have had an accident or have undergone a progressive disease are in need of an organ transplant and if they do not receive the required organ they would die. It is important to know that the most important source of organ donation is the brain death patients. It is highly essential to determine the pivotal factors t...

Challenges in facing organ donation request of the family of brain-dead patients: a qualitative analysis

Background: The sudden nature of confrontation with brain death complicates organ donation request and makes the understanding difficult  for the family. Understanding the experience of these families with inductive approach provides a better understanding of their problems and explains the approaches to help families in this difficult and complex situation. Aim: To discover mental concerns and...

مطالعه عوامل موثر بر گرایش به اهدای اعضاء بدن: مطالعه موردی در یک دانشگاه نظامی

Introduction: Organ donation is a social action that is based on the individual’s decision in time of life or Family consent at the time of brain death. The present study aimed to investigate the Factors Affecting Tendency to Body Organ Donation. Methods and Materials: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 330 employees of a military university in 2017. Data were collec...