Anonymous kidney donor plan tested by BC transplant group.VANCOUVER -- "We believe there truly is a segment of society that for truly altruistic al·tru·ism n. 1. Unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflessness. 2. Zoology Instinctive cooperative behavior that is detrimental to the individual but contributes to the survival of the species. reasons is willing and wanting to donate a kidney to the person on the list who is the most suitable match, who they will never meet," stated British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography Transplant Society spokesperson Sally Greenwood Greenwood. 1 City (1990 pop. 26,265), Johnson co., central Ind.; settled 1822, inc. as a city 1960. A residential suburb of Indianapolis, Greenwood is in a retail shopping area. Manufactures include motor vehicle parts and metal products. . The British Columbia Transplant Society announced plans to launch a pilot project testing the outcome of anonymous living kidney transplants kidney transplant or renal transplant Replacement of a diseased or damaged kidney with one from a living relative or a legally dead donor. The former's tissue type is more likely to match, reducing the chance of rejection; but removal puts the donor at risk, . It will mark the first time a kidney has been donated by a living person to a complete stranger in Canada. Currently, live kidney donors are restricted to relatives or people closely associated with the intended recipient. Physicians want to ensure the benefit of donating the kidney outweighs the potential risk to donors and to avoid commercialization of kidney donation. The benefit is clear in the case of relatives donating to each other, but less obvious when the donor is unknown. Researchers will follow the medical and psychosocial psychosocial /psy·cho·so·cial/ (si?ko-so´shul) pertaining to or involving both psychic and social aspects. psy·cho·so·cial adj. Involving aspects of both social and psychological behavior. outcomes for 10 anonymous donors and 10 related donors over an estimated 12-month period. The society estimates there are currently more than 400 people awaiting organ transplants organ transplant: see transplantation, medical. in British Columbia and that about one of every three organs that could be available for transplant is lost because people don't express their wishes to family members. An opinion poll conducted by the society five years ago indicated 31 per cent of respondents were willing to donate one of their kidneys to a stranger. |
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