BACKGROUND The main goal was to evaluate the attitudes and knowledge of Zoroastrians living in Iran towards oocyte donation (OD) and embryo donation (ED) program. METHODS This cross sectional study consisted of 318 Zoroastrians (n=175 for OD and n=143 for ED) of both sexes. The questionnaire form comprised two parts of general demographic characteristics of the participants and twenty multipl...

in donation contract, the principle is that donor can refer to given property and to take its possession. this principle has some exceptions. one of these exceptions is “donation to children”, which is irrevocable in accordance with the first paragraph of article 803 of civil law. most of the civil law’s writers believe that judgment about donation to children include the donation to grandchild...

Editor—Nicholson and Bradley call for an increase in the donation of organs from living donors. I have held this view for several years. The negative attitudes of the directors of transplant programmes are one of the main causes of the low rate of living donation in Britain. I have suggested a donor charter to ensure that positive attitudes to living donation prevail in a transplant programme. ...

The greatest challenge for transplantation is the significant disparity in the number of organs available relative to the demand. African Americans in particular are disproportionately represented on the national transplantwaiting list for amyriad of reasons. Although accounting for merely 13% of the national population (1), African Americans comprise 30% of the 123,000 waitlist candidates (2)....

during recent decades, the third person intervention in human artificial insemination has created new hopes for infertile couples. however these new progresses have propounded new ethical and legal concerns for families. one of them is confidentiality regarding gamete donor's identity, and its disclosure to the future child and others. of course, negligence to this ethical issue would produce a...

Transplantation is now an established form of treatment for organ failure in childhood. Much has been published on the outcome and management of children with organ transplants, the ethical issues have been widely discussed, and the criteria for the diagnosis of brain death have been established. Most transplanted organs are taken from donors who are brain dead but have a circulation and are be...