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Future Lawyers Support Organ Donation and Transplantation
In 2016 the total number of solid organ transplantations in Poland was 1469; the number of patients on waiting lists was approximately 1600 every month, and demand for organs is increasing every year. Transplantation has achieved increasing support and acceptance among Polish people; however, there...
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| Published in: | Transplantation proceedings 2018-09, Vol.50 (7), p.1946-1952 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | In 2016 the total number of solid organ transplantations in Poland was 1469; the number of patients on waiting lists was approximately 1600 every month, and demand for organs is increasing every year. Transplantation has achieved increasing support and acceptance among Polish people; however, there are still many ethical, moral, and legal barriers related to this form of treatment of end-stage organ failure.
The research method is a diagnostic survey of 347 law students from the Faculty of Law, University of Bialystok, Poland. The research tool was the authors' questionnaire.
Responders were 21.172 ± 1.34 years old (67.4% female, 74.4% urban residence). Organ procurement and transplantation from living donors are accepted by 95.6% of respondents; 97.4% are accepted from deceased donors. More than 80.4% of the respondents would agree to organ donation from their family members after death and to be donors after their death. The majority of students (80.1%) believe that the final decision of deceased organ donation should be made by the family. Despite positive attitude towards transplantation (97%), about 2% have submitted their objection to the central registry. Refusal of organ donation was associated mainly with emotions related to death (89%) and religion (47.6%). According to responders, the transplantation should be managed by patients and donors (42.1%) and universities (31.7%).
Law students generally accept procurement of organs from deceased and living donors, but in situations related to family members, their acceptance rates drop significantly. According to future lawyers, patients, donors, and universities should educate society about issues related to organ transplantation.
•This law will be created by future lawyers; therefore, their opinions and attitudes are of utmost importance.•Despite presumed consent in our law, 80.12% of future lawyers think the physician should ask the family of the deceased person if they would accept the removal of organs even though the deceased person had not expressed an objection before death.•Knowledge about brain death is unsatisfactory in our respondents.•A permanent educational campaign devoted to the idea of organ transplantation should be carried out because future lawyers should represent satisfactory knowledge and help physicians promote organ donation and transplantation. |
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| ISSN: | 0041-1345 1873-2623 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.transproceed.2018.03.131 |