scholarly journals Perspectives of Religious Officials Working in a City Center on Organ Transplantation and Donation

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 163-169
Author(s):  
Şemsinnur Göçer ◽  
Nursel Üstündağ Öcal
Keyword(s):  
Organ Donation ◽  
Organ Transplantation ◽  
Visual Media ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
City Center ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Gender Education ◽  
Organ Donations ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Religious Thoughts

Aim: Although number of patients requiring organ and tissue transplantation is gradually increasing over time, number of organ donations is not sufficient to meet such requirement. This is due to gap in the knowledge regarding organ transplantation as well as individual or religious thoughts. Since some people avoid from organ donation because of their religious beliefs, religious officials play an important role in guiding such people by providing accurate information. In this study, it was aimed to determine perspectives on organ donation among religious officials. Methods: This descriptive study was conducted on 141 religious officials working in Yozgat province. A data sheet including sociodemographic characteristics such as age, gender, education level and a 20-item questionnaire about opinions on organ donation and transplantation were used for data collection. Results: Of participants, 62.4% reported that they have knowledge about organ donation; 54.6% reported that they learned from visual media; 64.5% reported that they do not know how to donate organ; and 72.3% reported that they wish to have knowledge about organ donation. Only 2.9% of participants were donors. Conclusion: Although level of knowledge was moderate in religious officials who have important role in organ donation, organ donation rate was comparable with general population. Keywords: Organ donation, organ transplantation, religious officials

Payment for Organ Donation in Jewish Law

2010 ◽  
pp. 323-339
Author(s):  
Fred Rosner ◽  
Edward Reichman
Keyword(s):  
Organ Donation ◽  
Organ Transplantation ◽  
Jewish Law ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
Human Organ ◽  
Financial Compensation ◽  
Body Form ◽  
Organ Donations ◽  
Therapeutic Context ◽  
Ownership Rights

Payment for organ donation in Jewish Law is the essence of this article. In Judaism, a physician's license to heal the sick is considered divinely given. The Talmud drives this from the Biblical phrase, “And he shall surely heal.” In fact, according to Maimonides, a physician is obligated to heal the sick, induce remission of illness, and prolong life. Human organ transplantation began nearly half a century ago. Since then, organ donations have been insufficient to meet the needs of patients with diseased organs. This article traces the Halakhic and Talmudic precedents for selling body parts. There is Talmudic precedent for selling body parts, but not organs, and not in a medical or therapeutic context. This article further explains Jewish law forbids receiving financial compensation for fulfilling a meritorious act. Clauses pertaining to organ donation such as obligations to save a life, ownership rights over one's body form the concluding part of this article.

Death to Dust: What Happens to Dead Bodies? (2nd ed.), by Kenneth V. Iserson. Tucson, Ariz.: Galen Press, 2001. 821 pp. $48.95.

2003 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 471-472
Author(s):  
John C. Moskop
Keyword(s):  
Organ Donation ◽  
Organ Transplantation ◽  
Emergency Physician ◽  
Page Layout ◽  
New Information ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Dead Bodies

In this second edition of Death to Dust: What Happens to Dead Bodies?, emergency physician/bioethicist Kenneth Iserson has revised and expanded the original 1994 edition. The second edition improves on its predecessor in several ways. First, it updates information on several important topics, such as rates of organ donation and the number of patients awaiting organ transplantation. Second, it includes new information in a number of topic areas, such as embalming, mummification, and cryonics. Third, the design of the book, including the page layout, graphs, and illustrations, is much clearer and more attractive. The goals and organization of the second edition, however, remain unchanged from the first.

scholarly journals Socio-cultural acceptability of cadaver Transplantation in Iran

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 63-66
Author(s):  
N Mobasser ◽  
N Zahmatkeshan ◽  
N Farhadi ◽  
S Nikeghbalian ◽  
H Hasankhani
Keyword(s):  
Organ Donation ◽  
Organ Transplantation ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Willingness To Donate ◽  
Organ Donations ◽  
The Status ◽  
Organ Failures ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Posthumous Organ Donation

Organ transplantation is known to be a new and innovative treatment for patients with progressive organ failures. The present study investigates the current status of transplantation from cadaver along with its socio-cultural acceptability in Iran. The present study is a descriptive research in a systematic review method. Here, by investigating previously conducted researches in Iran during the period 2002- 2010, the status of transplantation from cadaver and its socio-cultural acceptability in Iran has been investigated. To collect the data, the access to Iranmedex website, the premier medical data center in Iran, was made possible using the related keywords. The obtained data indicate whereas there is an increase in the number of organ donations from cadaver, it is still low in comparison to other countries. The lack of consent from families of brain-dead patients is a major hurdle on the way of organ transplantation in Iran. In the cases of willingness to donate organs, the major effective factors were the deceased’s religious beliefs and prior tendency. In 66% of the cases, the donors’ families deemed organ donation phenomenon effective in alleviating the sorrow after the death of their beloved ones. The number of organ donation from cadaver in Iran is low contrary to other countries. It seems that general instructions to raise the knowledge on the subject and lay the foundation to increase the tendency towards posthumous organ donation are necessary.International Journal of Natural Sciences (2012), 2(3):63-66 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/ijns.v2i3.12133 

A negative point of view of the social services students about organ donation and transportation

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
B Kucuk Bicer
Keyword(s):  
Organ Donation ◽  
Organ Transplantation ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Technical Equipment ◽  
Muslim Countries ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
High Knowledge ◽  
Religion And Ethnicity

Abstract Background The gap between the number of patients waiting for a transplant and the number of organ recipients increases especially in muslim countries. Social services are responsible for convincing persons to donate their organs for transplantation in Turkey. The aim of the study is to measure the knowledge and awareness of social services students', as they become a part of future convincers of transplantation. Methods Knowledge and point of view about organ transplantation (OT) were asked using headtohead interviews. Layered sample (grade) was chosen from social sciences faculty and 442 students were interviewed. SPSS 23.0 was used in descriptive and regression analysis. Results Mean age was 21.37±1.94 and 45.1% were male. Knowledge of OT was sufficient (20.1%) according to themselves. Only 1.2% donated their organs. According to knowledge questions 69.3% had insufficient information about organ donation and tranplantation. They would receive (54%) a transplant from their relatives and donate to their relatives (67.6%) if needed. Religion and ethnicity were important factors in logistic regression; 8.6% said that their religion finds donation objectinable. Participants thought that Turkish transplantation centers has insufficient technical equipment (39.8%). According to our logistic model, students unconcerned with religion/ethnicity (β = 1,608;p<0,001), students donated their organs (β = 1,621;p=0,019) and having chronic diseases in their families (β = 1.114;p=0,004) were determiners of high knowledge scores about OT and donation. Family income, mother and father education and grade didn't effect the point of views about donation (p > 0.05). Conclusions It's seen that social workers don't have sufficient knowledge about OT and donation. On the other hand they have concerns about religious and ethnical issues. The education program must be improved to raise awareness about OT and donation especially the groups working as a part of a donation team. Key messages Important public health problems should be included in vocational education of social service students. Awareness studies on organ transplantation in our country do not reach its purpose.

scholarly journals Knowledge and Attitude on Organ Donation among Nursing Students of a College in Biratnagar

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-34
Author(s):  
Binu Limbu ◽  
Saraswati Basnet ◽  
Suvekshya Silwal
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Organ Donation ◽  
Organ Transplantation ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude

Introduction: Organ transplantation is an effective therapy for end-stage organ failure. However, there is a large gap between the need for and the supply of donor organs. Nurses have a major role to play in tackling organ and tissue shortages. The main objective of the study was to assess the level of knowledge and attitude on organ donation among nursing students at Biratnagar. Methodology: Descriptive cross-sectional study design among Post Basic Bachelor in Nursing (PBBN) students was carried out in Birat Health College, Biratnagar. A census method using a self-administered semi-structured questionnaire was used for the data collection in 113 respondents. Descriptive statistics i.e., mean, median and standard deviation was used to assess the level of knowledge. Inferential statistics i.e., Chi-square test was used to find out the association between level of knowledge and attitude on organ donation with selected demographic variables. The findings of the study showed that out of 113 respondents, the mean age of respondents was 24.41 years. Similarly, 32.7% of the respondents were from 1st year, 33.6% from 2nd year and 33.6% from 3rd year. More than half, (60%) of the respondents were Brahmin/Chhetri. Similarly, (68.1%) had heard about organ donation from colleagues. Among the studied respondents, (69.9%) had average knowledge of organ donation and almost all (99.1%) of respondents possessed a positive attitude on organ donation. Conclusion: The majority of the respondents had an average level of knowledge and a positive attitude regarding organ donation. The level of knowledge was associated with ethnicity rather than other socio-demographic variables. Keywords: Attitude, Knowledge, Nursing students, Organ Transplantation, Organ Donation.

Can Same-Sex Partners Consent to Organ Donation?

2003 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-44
Author(s):  
Roderick T. Chen ◽  
Alexandra K. Glazier
Keyword(s):  
Organ Donation ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Sex Partners ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Same Sex Couples ◽  
Civil Union ◽  
Organ Donations ◽  
Domestic Partnerships ◽  
Appeals Court ◽  
Estate Law

As more same-sex couples enter into civil unions and domestic partnerships, the courts and other institutions are beginning to consider the implications of these partnerships in several areas of the law. A Georgia appeals court, for example, recently published the first opinion addressing this issue, ruling that a civil union of two women, obtained in Vermont, was not equivalent to a marriage for the purposes of interpreting a child custody agreement entered into in Georgia. As many observers predicted, the enactment of legislation recognizing same-sex partnerships has profound implications on the practice of family law, trust and estate law and healthcare law.This Article focuses on an area of healthcare law in which the legal status of a civil union or domestic partnership could have significant consequences—organ donations. In particular, it explores whether a civil union or domestic partner is an appropriate party to consent to an organ donation.

Successful Organ Donation From Brain Dead Donors in a Chinese Organ Transplantation Center

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 2247-2249 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. G. Sui ◽  
Q. Yan ◽  
S. P. Xie ◽  
H. Z. Chen ◽  
D. Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organ Donation ◽  
Organ Transplantation ◽  
Brain Dead ◽  
Transplantation Center

scholarly journals Ethical Issues of Organ Transplantation in Islam

1970 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-103
Author(s):  
M Mostafa Kamal
Keyword(s):  
Organ Donation ◽  
Organ Transplantation ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Ethical Framework ◽  
Value Systems ◽  
Proxy Consent ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact

Scientists and clinicians must become familiar with the factors that affect the emotional, physical, and spiritual health of their patients that are outside the ken of the traditionally dominant value systems. Although many researchers have addressed the cultural and ethnical factors, very few have considered the impact of religion. Islam, as the largest and fastestgrowing religion in the world, has adherents throughout the world, presents a complete moral, ethical, and medical framework, while it sometimes concurs conflicts with the conventional and secular ethical framework. This paper introduces to the Islamic principles of ethics in organ transplantation involving human subject to address issues of religion and religious ethics. Historical reflections are discussed as to why Muslim thinkers were late to consider contemporary medical issues such as organ donation. Islam respects life and values need of the living over the dead, thus allowing organ donation to be considered in certain circumstances. The sources of Islamic law are discussed in brief to see how the parameters of organ transplantation are derived. The Islamic perception, both Shiite and Sunni, is examined in relation to organ donation and its various sources. The advantages and disadvantages of brain dead and cadaveric donation are reviewed with technical and ethical considerations. The Islamic concept of brain death, informed and proxy consent are also discussed. The concept of rewarded donation as a way to alleviate the shortage of organs available for transplantation is assessed.    doi: 10.3329/taj.v21i1.3230 TAJ 2008; 21(1): 97-103

scholarly journals MO1040KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND PERCEPTION OF ORGAN DONATION BY STUDENTS IN MEDICINE

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Imane Failal ◽  
Sanae Ezzaki ◽  
Rania Elafifi ◽  
Naoufal Mtioui ◽  
Salma Elkhayat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Organ Donation ◽  
Organ Transplantation ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Bodily Integrity ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Attitudes And Perceptions ◽  
The Developed Countries

Abstract Background and Aims Organ transplantation is a treatment option to millions of patients worldwide. In this area, Morocco lags far behind the developed countries and even compared to some countries in the Arab world. The objective of this study is to assess the knowledge; social attitudes and perceptions of donation and organ transplantation by medical students. Method This is a cross-sectional study descriptive and analytical target held in the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of. Results 320 medical students were surveyed. The mean age was 21.5 ± 2.32 years, with a female representing 78%. Almost all surveyed students knew the lethal diseases requiring the use of the graft (99.8%) and 97% of them knew the transplantable organs. 92% had heard of the possibility of organ transplants in Morocco, 90% of students felt that there are many people in need of transplants 87% of students were aware of the existence of legislation governing organ donation in Morocco. Only 7% thought that acts of donation and transplantation of organs are performed in private clinics, 89% of respondents know that there is a book in which one can register to make known its agreement to give its organs after death, 81% do not know the steps to register for this registre.97% were for organ donation and causes of refusal were: religion and the attainment of bodily integrity Conclusion There has to be targeted actions in order to promote donation and transplant in Morocco in order to enhance knowledge and information on medical, religious and legal order that the attitudes and perceptions of the population live.

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