Annotated Bibliography
Brown, J.B., Karley, M.L., Boudville, N., Bullas, N., Garg, A.M. & Muirhead, N. (2008). The experience of living kidney donors. Health and Social Work, 33(2), 93-94.
Authors provide an overview of recent trends in kidney donations in general and in Canada in particular. This goal of this qualitative study was to provide new insights concerning the decision-making processes and psychosocial issues that living kidney donors experience to identify ways to improve transplant programs by highlighting the special needs of living donors and to guide quality improvement. To this end, the researchers used a purposeful sampling of 12 living kidney donors (m=8; f=4) and a semi-structured interview format. Authors determined that there was a profound need for pre- and post-operative counseling as well as emotional support to help donors cope with the sense of loss involved.
Hippen, B. (2008). Organ sales in Iran: Is it worth a look? ReachMD. [Online]. Available:
http://www.reachmd.com/xmsegment.aspx?sid=3037.
In this online radio program, Dr. Hippen reports that Iran is the only country in the world where the practice of organ sales, including kidneys, is legal and notes that there is no shortage of organs needed for transplantation in this country. In fact, people in need of organs from other parts of the Middle East frequently travel to Iran to have the transplantation procedures conducted and suggests that legalizing organ sales in other countries bear closer scrutiny.
Ross, L.F., Siegler, M. & Thistlethwaite, J.R., Jr. (2007). We need a registry of living kidney donors. The Hastings Center Report, 37(6), 37.
Authors report that during the period...
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