The Meaning of Being a Living Kidney, Liver, or Stem Cell Donor-A Meta-Ethnography.

Background: Studies on living donors from the donors' perspective show that the donation process involves both positive and negative feelings involving vulnerability. Qualitative studies of living kidney, liver, and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell donors have not previously been merged in the same analysis. Therefore, our aim was to synthesize current knowledge of these donors' experiences to deepen understanding of the meaning of being a living donor for the purpose of saving or extending someone's life.

Attitudes towards organ donor advocacy among Swedish intensive care nurses.

Objectives: To explore the attitudes of Swedish intensive care nurses towards organ donor advocacy.

Background: The concept of organ donor advocacy is critical to nurses who care for potential donors in order to facilitate organ donation (OD).

Design: A retrospective cross-sectional study was employed.

Anonymity and live-donor transplantation: an ELPAT view.

Anonymity of donors or recipients in living-donor transplantation is a complex issue and practice varies widely. There are compelling arguments for maintaining anonymity of both parties before unspecified donor transplantation and specified indirect transplantation. After transplantation, there are still good reasons to avoid disclosure of identities.

Living organ donation practices in Europe - results from an online survey.

In Europe, living organ donation (LOD) is increasingly accepted as a valuable solution to overcome the organ shortage. However, considerable differences exist between European countries regarding frequency, practices and acceptance of donor-recipient relations. As a response, the Coordination Action project 'Living Organ Donation in Europe' (www.

New classification of ELPAT for living organ donation.

In the literature, varying terminology for living organ donation can be found. However, there seems to be a need for a new classification to avoid confusion. Therefore, we assessed existing terminology in the light of current living organ donation practices and suggest a more straightforward classification.

Impact of cadaveric renal donor morbidity on long-term graft function.

The significance of donor age, cause of death, and morbidity for the outcome of renal cadaveric transplantation was evaluated in 534 cases from 1994 through 2001. Half of the kidneys (49.4%) were from donors without identified risk, the others were age 50-64 or > or =65 years, had died of cerebrovascular lesion (CVL), or had known cardiovascular disease, or hypertension.