Semidirected living donors in Israel: Sociodemographic profile, religiosity, and social tolerance.
| Autor: | Nesher E; Department of Organ Transplantation, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petach-Tikva, affiliated to Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel., Michowiz R; Department of Organ Transplantation, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petach-Tikva, affiliated to Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel., Boas H; Department of Politics and Government, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel; Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Israel. Electronic address: hagaib@vanleer.org.il. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons [Am J Transplant] 2024 May; Vol. 24 (5), pp. 774-780. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Nov 15. |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ajt.2023.11.005 |
| Abstrakt: | Living kidney donations in Israel come from 2 sources: family members and individuals who volunteer to donate their kidney to patients with whom they do not have personal acquaintance. We refer to the first group as directed living donors (DLDs) and the second as semidirected living donors (SDLDs). The incidence of SDLD in Israel is ∼60%, the highest in the world. We introduce results of a survey among 749 living donors (349 SDLDs and 400 DLDs). Our data illustrate the sociodemographic profile of the 2 groups and their answers to a series of questions regarding spirituality and social tolerance. We find SDLDs to be sectorial: they are mainly married middle-class religious men who reside in small communities. However, we found no significant difference between SDLDs and DLDs in their social tolerance. Both groups ranked high and expressed tolerance toward different social groups. Semidirected living donation enables donors to express general preferences as to the sociodemographic features of their respected recipients. This stirs a heated debate on the ethics of semidirected living donation. Our study discloses a comprehensive picture of the profile and attitudes of SDLDs in Israel, which adds valuable data to the ongoing debate on the legitimacy of semidirected living donation. (Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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