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Promotion of organ donation: current practices, issues, perspectives

https://doi.org/10.15825/1995-1191-2018-4-112-120

Abstract

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.

About the Authors

O. N. Reznik
Saint-Petersburg I.I. Dzhanelidze Research institute of emergency medicine; North-western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov; Institute of Philosophy Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation


A. O. Reznik
Atlas Biomed Group; Federal State Budget Scientific Institution «Medico-genetic scientific center»
Russian Federation

31, Malaya Nikitskaya str., Moscow, 121069
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Reznik O.N., Reznik A.O. Promotion of organ donation: current practices, issues, perspectives. Russian Journal of Transplantology and Artificial Organs. 2018;20(4):112-120. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.15825/1995-1191-2018-4-112-120

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