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- The government of Bangladesh enacted a human organ transplantation law in 1999, updated in 2018, permitting living-related and posthumous organ donations exclusively among family members.
- Ethnographic research involving different healthcare participants revealed that decisions on organ donations within families are significantly influenced by familial relationships.
- The study underscores that these decisions are deeply rooted in Islamic ethics and cultural traditions, which promote altruism and ensure ethical healthcare practices in the context of organ transplantation.
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The government of Bangladesh approved the human organ transplantation law in 1999 and updated it in 2018. This legislation approved both living-related donor and posthumous organ transplantation. The law only allows family members to legally donate organs to their relatives. The main focus of this study was to explore how Bangladeshis make donation decisions on familial organs for transplantation. My ethnographic fieldwork with forty participants (physicians and nurses, a healthcare administrator, organ donors, recipients, and their relatives) disclosed that the organ donation decision was family-based. An assessment of the relationship between religion, culture, and biomedicine leads to the conclusion that deciding on donating organs to relatives is primarily family-based and is perceived to be steeped in Islamic ethical principles and religious cultural tradition. The family-based consent and motivation for donor-recipient pair organ transplantation strengthen an altruistic environment for the family and act as the moral and legal authority that ensures ethical healthcare outcomes for Bangladeshis.
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