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Revamping the United States Organ Donation System: An Ethical Justification for Compensated Live Organ Donation
<p>With over 100,000 Americans currently on organ waiting lists in the United States, the mass shortage of viable organs for transplantation is one of the most pressing healthcare issues that we face as a country today. Thousands of these individuals on organ waiting lists will ultimately die …
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Organ Donation in the United States
Introduction: The demand for donor organs far exceeds the number of donors. Approximately 18 people in the United States die every day waiting for an organ transplant. The purpose of this capstone is to describe the demographic characteristics of organ donors, recipients and waitlist populations in …
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The Complexity of Organ Donation: A Review of the Literature
… or impeding people’s desires to register as organ donors. Through an examination of existing literature on the subject it examines issues of altruism, religious beliefs, and trust in the systems responsible for organ donation and transplantation. The thesis also considers the different …
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Organ Donation and Transplantation: Considering International Policy Options for Canada
Organ donation is the most cost-effective, if not the only, option for the treatment for end-stage organ failure. End-stage organ failure is an epidemic, costing the Canadian healthcare system over $35 billion dollars per year. As organ donation and transplantation (ODT) is the most cost-effective …
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Ensemble machine learning to predict family consent for organ donation
… is ever increasing disparity between number of organs needed for transplantation and numbers available for donation to save lives. As a result, thousands of people die every year waiting for organs. Therefore, it is now more important than ever before to take serious actions to decrease this …
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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors of the General Public Regarding Organ Donation
… of choice for many conditions has become organ transplantation. The list of transplantable tissues and organs has continued to grow, thus, the list of those awaiting transplants has also been growing. In contrast, the number of organ donors has not increased over the past 10 years. A …
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The physiological changes of circulatory death with respect to organ donation
Donation of organs after circulatory death (DCD) is re-emerging as an important source of organs for transplantation worldwide, and in the United Kingdom DCD donors comprise 39% of all deceased organ donors. However, organs from DCD organ donors work less well after transplantation than those from …
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Overcoming religious and cultural obstacles to organ donation : a rights-based approach
The transplantation of human tissue, cells and organs has saved and improved the lives of hundreds of thousands of individuals who suffer from organ failure. Advancements in organ transplant technologies have resulted in an increased demand for viable organs for transplantation - a demand which …
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Factors affecting a decision on cadaveric organ donation in Black African families
… to be the group with low consent for cadaveric organ donation However, the number of African Black patients with organ malfunctioning or failure continues to rise. Feelings associated with death and the novelty of the concept of organ donation to Blacks hinder the process of organ donation. …
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Altruism, Autonomy, and Human Dignity for the Sustainability of Post-Mortal Organ Donation
<p>In most countries, the shortage for transplant organ sources has become common due to the significant increase in number of awaiting organ recipients, which, in turn, urges countries develop systemic programs in order to increase the number of organ donors and resolve their problems. Generally, …
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Attitudes about Organ Donation among African American Men and Women in Bulloch County, Georgia
… and beliefs among African Americans (AA's) about organ donation is essential to improving the rates of donation and ultimately to the health of this unique population. The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitudes about organ donation among AA's in Bulloch County, Georgia. A …
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Maximising organ donation and transplantation through the use of organs from increased risk donors
Organ transplantation remains the best treatment for many patients with end organ disease. However, there is a discrepancy between organ supply and demand. Many donor organs are not used for transplantation because of risk attributes in the deceased donor ranging from infectious risks to specific …
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Depictions of Donation: A Thematic Analysis of Organ Donation Storylines in Television Medical Dramas
… national shortage in the number of registered organ donors, this study employed a qualitative thematic analysis of thirteen episodes from popular medical dramas that aired between 2016-2020. The aim of this study was to allow for a better understanding of how the media utilizes entertainment …
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Impact of A Primary Care-Based Organ Donation Practice Initiative On Individual Willingness to Donate
<p>Each day eighteen Americans die waiting for organ donations and 4,100 more are added to the transplant waiting list each month (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2010a&c). The number of Americans in need of organ donations is rising rapidly but the supply of donated organs is not …
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A grounded theory study exploring critical care staff experiences of approaching relatives for organ donation
… staff experiences of approaching relatives for organ donation following the death of a patient. Background: The research was influenced by a startling statistic that reported an average 1,000 patients die each year on the transplant waiting list because no suitable organ donor was identified. …
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Organ Donation in Japan: A Longitudinal Study of Quality of Life of Living Liver Donors
… only to the United States. Yet in the field of organ transplantation involving organ donation from victims who died from trauma such as automobile accidents and brain hemorrhage, Japan is behind all western countries and many developing countries. Removing organs from deceased donors was …
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Perceptions of Family Members of Cadaveric Organ Donors Towards Selected Issues of the Organ Donation Process
<p>Families of organ donors have faced a deeply emotional experience. These individuals have not only experienced the loss of a family member, they have also consented to donate their family member's organs. The purpose of this study was to determine from a donor family perspective how the organ …
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