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The Silence Of Good Samaritan Kidney Donation In Australia: A Survey Of Hospital Websites, Katrina Bramstedt, Sameer Dave
The Silence Of Good Samaritan Kidney Donation In Australia: A Survey Of Hospital Websites, Katrina Bramstedt, Sameer Dave
Katrina A. Bramstedt
It is common for living donor candidates to use the Internet as a tool to enhance their decision-making process. Specifically, the websites of transplant hospitals can potentially be a vital source of information for those contemplating living donation. In an effort to explore the low incidence of Good Samaritan kidney donation (donations to strangers) in Australia, two raters conducted a nine-attribute website content analysis for all hospitals which participate in these transplants (n = 15). Overall, the concept of living donation is relatively silent on Australian hospital websites. Only four hospitals mention their living donor program, and only one mentions …
The Ethical Complexities Of Online Organ Solicitation Via Donor-Patient Websites: Avoiding The "Beauty Contest"., E. Neidich, A. Neidich, J Cooper, Katrina Bramstedt
The Ethical Complexities Of Online Organ Solicitation Via Donor-Patient Websites: Avoiding The "Beauty Contest"., E. Neidich, A. Neidich, J Cooper, Katrina Bramstedt
Katrina A. Bramstedt
The proliferation of the Internet has spurred the creation of websites dedicated to facilitating living directed organ donations. We argue that such sites potentially devolve into “beauty contests” where patients in need are evaluated on the basis of their personal appearance and biography—variables which should have no relevance to organ allocation. Altruism should be the guiding motivation for all donations, and when it does, there is no place for a beauty contest. The power of the Internet is optimally used when it facilitates Good Samaritan donations—donations to any stranger, rather than handpicked ones. Social networking sites which aim to match …