The requirement for plasma products manufactured from both source and recovered plasma for the treatment of many medical conditions is projected to increase substantially in the course of the next 5 years [1]. Patient organizations representing many thousands of patients with rare disorders who are dependant on products manufactured from plasma formed a coalition of plasma usersPLUSin 2009. PLU...

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 ...

The objective of the present article is to review moral assumptions underlying organ donation in the intensive care unit. Data sources used include personal experience, and a Medline search and a non-Medline search of relevant English-language literature. The study selection included articles concerning organ donation. All data were extracted and analysed by the author. In terms of data synthes...

OBJECTIVE Preeclampsia (PE) occurs in 4.6% of pregnancies worldwide. The social phenomenon of increasing maternal age has raised the demand for donor oocytes. Egg donation has allowed women with poor ovarian reserve, premature ovarian failure, genetic disorders or surgical menopause to get pregnant. Recipients provide a unique model of immune response because of the differences in the genetic m...

BACKGROUND In New Zealand, embryo donation to others was approved in late 2005 and follows strict guidelines. To date, few donations have proceeded. Given the novelty of embryo donation and New Zealand's guidelines around donation, this study explores how potential recipients in New Zealand made meaning of embryo donation. METHODS Thirteen potential recipients were interviewed regarding decis...

TO THE EDITOR: Knowledge of the deceased's wishes and the processes involved in requesting organ donation increases the likelihood of family consenting to donation. 1 Australian research has found that many people who register consent for organ donation do not discuss it with family members. 2 Others discuss their intentions with their family but choose not to register. Since the Australian Org...

MAIN PROBLEM There is an increasing presence of a population of British and Irish origin in southeastern Spain. HYPOTHESIS this population native from countries with higher rates of living kidney donation than Spain will be very much in favour of related living kidney donation. OBJECTIVE to analyse the attitude of this population subgroup towards living kidney donation. METHODS Between No...