Information, Attitude, and Behavior Toward Organ Transplantation and Donation Among Health Workers in the Eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey

Attitude to organ donation among healthcare workers in Nigeria

“…A previous study from Nigeria investigating HCW attitude to living-related kidney donation documented that respondents of the Muslim faith were more likely to donate a kidney than respondents of the Christian faith (9). Although the present study did not explore the reasons for this, the Islamic belief in the sacred nature of the body, prompt burial of the deceased and in the resurrection of the dead may explain this preference (16). If this finding is replicated in future studies involving the public in Nigeria, it will underscore a need for different approach to organ promotion strategy when engaging potential donors of different faith, that is, discussing living organ donation with potential donors of the Muslim faith and both deceased and living organ donation with donors of the Christian faith.…”

Organ donation and transplantation: Awareness and roles of healthcare professionals—A systematic literature review

“…In Turkey, Topbas et al. () noted that this conflict of interests is exacerbated not only by some HCPs’ misunderstanding of the ODT process and their shallow understanding of the criteria for different death typologies (e.g., brain and cardiac deaths), but also by their mistrust of the Turkish health system, fearing that donated and retrieved “organs might be sold on” (p. 775) or misappropriated (Demir et al., ; Rios Zambudio et al., ; Symvoulakis et al., ).…”

Knowledge and attitudes of healthcare professionals and the impact on willingness to donate organs: a tertiary hospital survey

“…(9) This has been the subject of several studies around the world. (14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21) An American study showed that HCPs' attitudes played a major INTRODUCTION Healthcare professionals (HCPs) working in critical care areas play an important role in the organ donation (OD) process. We studied HCPs' own willingness to be organ donors and its association with sociodemographic factors as well as their knowledge and attitudes about OD and transplantation.…”