scholarly journals Attitudes and beliefs regarding organ donation among South Asian people in the UK

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 184-198
Author(s):  
Agimol Pradeep ◽  
Paula Ormandy ◽  
Titus Augustine ◽  
Gurch Randhawa ◽  
Mark Whitling
Keyword(s):  
Organ Donation ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Medical System ◽  
Organ Donors ◽  
Attitudes And Beliefs ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Asian People

There is an acute shortage of organ donors in the UK, specifically among South Asian communities. This article reports the findings from the largest ever study undertaken among South Asian people in the UK that seeks to explore attitudes and beliefs towards organ donation. This article highlights that seemingly intractable factors, such as religion and culture, are often tied to more complex issues, such as distrust in the medical system and lack of awareness, that contribute to the shortage of organ donors among South Asian communities in the UK

scholarly journals The ethics of increasing organ donation

2010 ◽  
Vol 92 (6) ◽  
pp. 197-197
Author(s):  
Keith Rigg
Keyword(s):  
Organ Donation ◽  
Organ Transplant ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
Organ Donors ◽  
The Uk

The demand for organ donors has increased in recent years, due in part to an ageing population and advances in medicine that mean more people are able to benefit. This demand significantly outstrips supply. Few people die in a way that means their organs can be donated and, even if they do, in 40% of cases their relatives do not consent to donation. Subsequently, around 8,000 people are waiting for an organ transplant in the UK and it is predicted that 1,000 of these will die while waiting.

scholarly journals Autonomy, trust and ante-mortem interventions to facilitate organ donation

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 143-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah-Jane Brown
Keyword(s):  
Organ Donation ◽  
Organ Donor ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Organ Donors ◽  
Legal Problem ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Sense Of Security ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Future Consequences

Over the last few years, policies have been introduced in the UK that identify and treat patients as potential organ donors before death. Patients incapacitated due to catastrophic brain injury may now undergo intensive ante-mortem interventions to improve the chances of successfully transplanting their organs into third parties after death. The most significant ethical and legal problem with these policies is that they are not based on the individual’s specific wishes in the circumstances. Policy-makers appear reluctant to inform potential registrants on the Organ Donor Register about ante-mortem donor optimisation procedures and to provide an opportunity to record specific wishes in advance. They are reliant on blind trust in the organ donation programme, which as I argue in this paper, presents significant risks for the achievement of its aim of securing an adequate supply of organs for transplantation. I argue that informed trust, based on accurate information about the future consequences of registration, is a more stable and enduring form of trust in the long term and would provide that sense of security in one’s expectations that often appears to be missing in relation to organ donation.

scholarly journals Type 1 diabetes phenotype in white and South Asian people with young onset diabetes in the UK: results from the MY DIABETES study

The Lancet ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 389 ◽  
pp. S69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shivani Misra ◽  
Kevin Colclough ◽  
Kevin Halleron ◽  
Emma L Williams ◽  
Andrew Hattersley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Type 1 Diabetes ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Young Onset ◽  
Onset Diabetes ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Asian People

Pilot ethnic analysis of routine hospital admissions data and comparison with census linked data: CHD rates remain high in Pakistanis

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 98-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Millard ◽  
C. Guthrie ◽  
C. Fischbacher ◽  
J. Jamieson
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Group ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Hospital Admissions ◽  
Routine Data ◽  
Health Improvement ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Admission Rates ◽  
Rate Ratios ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Asian People

PurposeRoutine data are needed to monitor ethnic health inequalities. The proportion of hospital discharge records with ethnicity information has been improving in Scotland. The aim of this paper is to assess whether routine data can provide valid comparisons of admission rates by ethnic group.Design/methodology/approachRoutine hospital admissions data in four NHS Boards were analysed by ethnic group and sex to compare incidence rate ratios (IRRs) for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and coronary heart disease (CHD). A previous study linking health and census ethnicity information for 2001‐2003 provided the comparison standard.FindingsThere was a similar risk of AMI for South Asian compared to non‐South Asian people in 2009‐2011 and 2001‐2003. South Asian people and Pakistani women had higher risk of CHD than White Scottish people. The Other White group had higher and the White Irish lower risk of AMI admission in comparison to 2001‐2003 data.Research limitations/implicationsThe comparison used a different age range, did not include community deaths, covered a part of Scotland rather than the whole, and may have been affected by changes to denominators, which were based on the UK census 2001.Originality/valueThe similar IRRs for AMI from census linkage in 2001‐2003 and NHS data from 2009‐2011 suggest routine ethnicity data are valid in some NHS Boards. Analyses can reveal previously unknown variations to justify health improvement action. To maximise the precision of analyses, data completeness needs to be increased and sustained.

scholarly journals How the UK Overcame the Ethical, Legal and Professional Challenges in Donation After Circulatory Death

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dale Gardiner
Keyword(s):  
Organ Donation ◽  
Organ Donors ◽  
Donation After Circulatory Death ◽  
Font Size ◽  
Professional Challenges ◽  
The World ◽  
Deceased Organ Donation ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Bold Claim ◽  
Circulatory Death

<p><em><span style="font-size: medium;">Long transplant lists and a shortage of organ donors has led to an international resurgence in the donation of organs after circulatory death (‘DCD’). Despite being almost entirely absent for nearly 25 years, DCD now accounts for 40 per cent of deceased organ donation in the UK. This rise is in part due to attempts to resolve the ethical, legal and professional challenges inherent to this type of donation. Since 2008 in the UK, seven major ethical, legal and professional guidances have been published relating to deceased donation and DCD in particular. It is now this author’s opinion that the professional framework that underpins the DCD programme in the UK is the strongest in the world. This paper outlines the seven UK publications that justify this bold claim.</span></em></p>

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