Promotion of organ donation: current practices, issues, perspectives

The article describes existing strategies for popularization and promotion ideas of deceased organ donation. The significance of this activity is outlined as the main one for the solution of the main medical problems of transplantation. Promotion of organ donation practices in the countries with dev...

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Main Authors: O. N. Reznik, A. O. Reznik
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Federal Research Center of Transplantology and Artificial Organs named after V.I.Shumakov 2019-01-01
Series:Vestnik Transplantologii i Iskusstvennyh Organov
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Online Access:https://journal.transpl.ru/vtio/article/view/958
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Summary:The article describes existing strategies for popularization and promotion ideas of deceased organ donation. The significance of this activity is outlined as the main one for the solution of the main medical problems of transplantation. Promotion of organ donation practices in the countries with developed deceased organ donation system and maximum quantity of deceased donors were highlighted. Negative tendencies in promotion of ideology of organ donation, which are clearly traced in Western transplant community were analyzed. A number of Russian initiatives to promote the idea of deceased donation on various on-line platforms are analyzed. Specific actions are proposed to make the practice of promoting ideas of deceased donation based on ethical principles and altruism in order to be more acceptable by the general public.
ISSN:1995-1191