Coercion, dissatisfaction, and social stigma: an ethnographic study of compensated living kidney donation in Iran.

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This article updates the qualitative research on Iran reported in the 2012 article by Tong et al. "The experiences of commercial kidney donors: thematic synthesis of qualitative research" (Tong et al. in Transpl Int 25:1138-1149, 2012). The basic approach used in the Tong et al. article is applied to a more recent and more comprehensive study of Iranian living organ donors, providing a clearer picture of what compensated organ donation is like in Iran since the national government began regulating compensated donation. Iran is the only country in the world where kidney selling is legal, regulated, and subsidized by the national government. This article focuses on three themes: (1) coercion and other pressures to donate, (2) donor satisfaction with their donation experience, and (3) whether donors fear social stigma. We found no evidence of coercion, but 68% of the paid living organ donors interviewed felt pressure to donate due to extreme poverty or other family pressures. Even though 27% of the living kidney donors interviewed said they were satisfied with their donation experience, 74% had complaints about the donation process or its results, including some of the donors who said they were satisfied. In addition, 84% of donors indicated they feared experiencing social stigma because of their kidney donation.
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Authors Fry-Revere, Sigrid;Chen, Deborah;Bastani, Bahar;Golestani, Simin;Agarwal, Rachana;Kugathasan, Howsikan;Le, Melissa;
Journal International urology and nephrology
Year 2018
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10.1007/s11255-018-1824-y
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Iran Social justice transplantation law poverty human rights ethics bioethics medical ethics donor satisfaction ethnographic study exploitation living kidney donation living organ donation paid organ donation transplant ethics

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