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Attitude of medical professionals regarding controversial issues in kidney donation/transplantation
There is a dire need to evaluate new strategies to bridge the wide kidney demand–supply gap. The current study examined the attitude of medical professionals regarding controversial issues pertaining to transplantation. A questionnaire, presenting controversial issues related to kidney transplantati...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5131375/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27942168 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-4065.176147 |
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author | Almeida, N. Almeida, R. F. Almeida, K. Almeida, A. |
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description | There is a dire need to evaluate new strategies to bridge the wide kidney demand–supply gap. The current study examined the attitude of medical professionals regarding controversial issues pertaining to transplantation. A questionnaire, presenting controversial issues related to kidney transplantation, in an agree–disagree format with supporting reasons, was employed. The research was exploratory. Data were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. The sample comprised 140 doctors from Mumbai (mean = 38.1 years, standard deviation = 17.95; Males = 44.3%, Females = 55.7%). Whereas 47.1% of the participants felt that live donors should be given incentives for kidney donation, others (52.9%) disagreed, fearing commercialization and illegal activities. The eligibility of patients with HIV/hepatitis for a transplant was denied by 52.9% because of poor outcomes, with the others (47.1%) maintaining that these individuals too had a right to live. A substantial majority (90.7%) of the participants maintained that organ donors should be given priority in the event of a future need for an organ because their previous humane act should be rewarded (47.1%). Most of the participants (91.4%) felt that individuals from the higher socioeconomic strata should not receive preference for kidney transplantation. A majority (77.1%) of them were also against kidney selling getting legalized. Compulsory possession of a donor card elicited mixed responses, with some accepting (56.4%), but others rejecting (43.6%) this idea as donation was perceived to be a voluntary act (33.6%). While compulsory kidney donation found favor with 44.3%, it found disfavor with others (55.7%). This study will benefit transplant healthcare personnel to formulate new policies in relation to kidney donation/transplantation. |
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spelling | pubmed-51313752016-12-09 Attitude of medical professionals regarding controversial issues in kidney donation/transplantation Almeida, N. Almeida, R. F. Almeida, K. Almeida, A. Indian J Nephrol Original Article There is a dire need to evaluate new strategies to bridge the wide kidney demand–supply gap. The current study examined the attitude of medical professionals regarding controversial issues pertaining to transplantation. A questionnaire, presenting controversial issues related to kidney transplantation, in an agree–disagree format with supporting reasons, was employed. The research was exploratory. Data were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. The sample comprised 140 doctors from Mumbai (mean = 38.1 years, standard deviation = 17.95; Males = 44.3%, Females = 55.7%). Whereas 47.1% of the participants felt that live donors should be given incentives for kidney donation, others (52.9%) disagreed, fearing commercialization and illegal activities. The eligibility of patients with HIV/hepatitis for a transplant was denied by 52.9% because of poor outcomes, with the others (47.1%) maintaining that these individuals too had a right to live. A substantial majority (90.7%) of the participants maintained that organ donors should be given priority in the event of a future need for an organ because their previous humane act should be rewarded (47.1%). Most of the participants (91.4%) felt that individuals from the higher socioeconomic strata should not receive preference for kidney transplantation. A majority (77.1%) of them were also against kidney selling getting legalized. Compulsory possession of a donor card elicited mixed responses, with some accepting (56.4%), but others rejecting (43.6%) this idea as donation was perceived to be a voluntary act (33.6%). While compulsory kidney donation found favor with 44.3%, it found disfavor with others (55.7%). This study will benefit transplant healthcare personnel to formulate new policies in relation to kidney donation/transplantation. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5131375/ /pubmed/27942168 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-4065.176147 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Nephrology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Almeida, N. Almeida, R. F. Almeida, K. Almeida, A. Attitude of medical professionals regarding controversial issues in kidney donation/transplantation |
title | Attitude of medical professionals regarding controversial issues in kidney donation/transplantation |
title_full | Attitude of medical professionals regarding controversial issues in kidney donation/transplantation |
title_fullStr | Attitude of medical professionals regarding controversial issues in kidney donation/transplantation |
title_full_unstemmed | Attitude of medical professionals regarding controversial issues in kidney donation/transplantation |
title_short | Attitude of medical professionals regarding controversial issues in kidney donation/transplantation |
title_sort | attitude of medical professionals regarding controversial issues in kidney donation/transplantation |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5131375/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27942168 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-4065.176147 |
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