Solicited kidney donors: Are they coerced?
Most non-directed donors (NDDs) decide to donate on their own and contact the transplant centre directly. Some NDDs decide to donate in response to community solicitation such as newspaper ads or donor drives. We wished to explore whether subtle coercion might be occurring in such NDDs who are part of a larger community. One successful organization in a community in Brooklyn, NY, provides about 50 NDDs per year for recipients within that community. The donors answer ads in local papers and attend donor drives. Herein, we evaluated the physical and emotional outcomes of community-solicited NDDs in comparison to traditional NDDs who come from varied communities and are not responding to a specific call for donation. An assessment of coercion was used as well.
Division of Nephrology and the Rogosin Institute, New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell, New York, NY, USA.
David
D
Serur
Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program, New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell, New York, NY, USA.
Gretchen
G
Bretzlaff
Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Department of Healthcare Policy and Research Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA.
Paul
P
Christos
Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program, New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell, New York, NY, USA.
Farrah
F
Desrosiers
Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program, New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell, New York, NY, USA.
Marian
M
Charlton
D000328:Adult; D000329:Advertising; D000533:Altruism; D002755:Choice Behavior; D003068:Coercion; D003153:Community Health Services; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D037921:Gift Giving; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D019520:Living Donors / Q000523:psychology* / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D008297:Male; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D009524:Newspapers as Topic; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
living donor transplantation; quality of life; surgery