Background: Organ transplant is considered the treatment of choice for patients with end-stage organ disorders. This process improves recipient’s longevity and quality of life. However, organ shortage for transplantation has remained an unresolved global issue. One of the primary sources of organ donation is brain-dead bodies. The most important factor that impedes the success of donation is la...

Organ donation is one of the most remarkable and dramatic therapeutic advances in medicine during the past 60 years. Expansion of Organ donation has been compelled many countries to legislate about this subject. In our country, Iran, because our acts are based on Islamic jurisprudence it is necessary to study about organ donation in view of jurisprudence. For example the 32th verses of Maedeh S...

The main challenge in organ transplantation is the organ limitation. According to the law of organ donation, it's necessary to obtain family consent for organ donation from a brain-dead patient in addition to patient consent. In this research, we explored Tehran citizens' viewpoints regarding organ donation from beloved ones in case of brain death.In this cross-sectional study, two interviewers...

Despite the fact that the concepts of organ transplantation and organ trafficking seem two completely distinct categories at first glance, sometimes they overlap with each other. This is especially in cases in which organ transplantation occurs from one country to another and for a financial exchange. There are two general indicators for determining the distinction between organ transplantation...

Introduction: The empathy of nurses with patients, as a moral behavior towards the culture making of organ donation, always has been considered by health sector planners. Therefore, the study of empathy of nurses with patients and their attitude toward organ donation is one of the main goals of nursing education and this study aimed to determine the relationship between nurses' empathy with pat...