There's actually some interesting stuff in here.
1. The average age of the donor is much higher in Japan (at least 50) than in the US (40yoa).
2. 54% of LDs were parent (61% were mothers) to the recipient in Japan while the biggest chunk in the US is sibling, at not even 25%. Meanwhile, only approximately 13% of parents donate to their child in the US.
On the other hand:
1. I'm quite cautious about anything only based on 20 subjects.
2. The parent-child dynamic is different than another other relationship. It's inappropriate (and damaging) to apply it to any other donor-recipient situation.
BUT..... I'm liking this conclusion:
Donors have always been about sacrificing themselves, playing down their role. During the initial development of a care system for living donors, it is important to pay as much as attention to donors as to recipients. In this way, they will begin to be able to see themselves as patients and concentrate on their donor experience as another patient, without negating themselves.
Topic: Initial Development of a Care System for Living Donors, Based on Experience Perc (Read 3164 times)