Religious beliefs; Barrier or mainspring to organ donation

Amin Zarghami; Nozar Dorestan; Mohammad Bahadoram; Samaneh Bahadoram

doi:10.15171/jnp.2018.06

J Nephropathol. 2018;7(1): 17-18.
doi: 10.15171/jnp.2018.06

Scopus ID: 85041113391

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Letter to Editor

Religious beliefs; Barrier or mainspring to organ donation

Amin Zarghami ¹, Nozar Dorestan ², Mohammad Bahadoram ^3,4^*, Samaneh Bahadoram ^3,4

¹ Chancellor for Health, Iranshahr University of Medical Sciences, Iranshahr, Iran
² Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
³ Chronic Renal Failure Research Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
⁴ Medical Student Research Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

*Corresponding Author: *Corresponding author: Mohammad Bahadoram,, Email: mohammadbahadoram@ yahoo.com

Abstract

Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education:
More studies are needed to characterize the associated factors in each unique culture and
society for promoting the positive attitudes regarding tissue and organ transplantation for
various life threatening and incurable diseases

Keywords: Religion, Organ donation, Transplantation

Please cite this paper as: Zarghami A, Dorestan N, Bahadoram M, Bahadoram S. Religious beliefs; Barrier or mainspring to organ donation. J Nephropathol. 2018;7(1):17-18. DOI: 10.15171/jnp.2018.06.