The present status of organ transplantation
Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie/South African Journal of Science and Technology
| Field | Value | |
| Title | The present status of organ transplantation Die huidige status van orgaanoorplantings | |
| Creator | Mieny, C. J. | |
| Description | Organ transplantation has improved dramatically during the last decade. In spite of this a worldwide lack of donors still exists. There are sufficient numbers of potential donors available, but only 10% are utilised in practice. Investigations have shown that the main reason for this state of affairs is not reluctance of relatives to give permission for donation, but rather reluctance or even resistance from attending physicians to request permission. The reasons for this are complex and include such factors as ignorance, lack of commitment and reluctance to accept the greater workload that such involvement would demand. To combat this problem, a number of countries have passed legislation to compel doctors to ask permission for donation in every instance of brain death in suitable patients. The reasons for the greater success with organ transplantation are varied. Surgical techniques, especially in such technically difficult procedures as liver transplantation and heart-lung transplantations have shown considerable progress. Orgaanoorplanting het gedurende die afgelope dekade dramatiese vooruitgang getoon. Ten spyte hiervan bestaan daar steeds ’n wereldwye gebrek aan geskikte skenkers. Daar is wel genoeg potensiële skenkers beskikbaar, tnaar slegs 10% word in diepraktyk benut. Studies het getoon dat die grootste rede hiervoor nie onwilligheid van naasbestaandes is oni toestemming te gee nie, maar onwilligheid of versuim deur geneeshere om toesteniming te vra. Die redes hiervoor is kompleks en sluit faktore in soos onkunde, onbetrokkenheid, onwilligheid om die verhoogde werklading te aanvaar, en emosionele redes. Nit we wetgewing wat in sekere lande aanvaar is, plaas ’n verpligting op behandelende geneeshere om toestemming vir orgaanskenking van die familie te vra voordat pasiënte met breindood van die respirator verwyder mag word. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 1988-03-17 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/satnt.v7i4.923 | |
| Source | Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie; Vol 7, No 4 (1988); 166-173 Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie; Vol 7, No 4 (1988); 166-173 2222-4173 0254-3486 | |
| Language | eng | |
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