Al Shawan Deema, Albagmi Faisal, AlNujaidi Heba
Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Physical Therapy, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
F1000Res. 2023 Jun 27;11:53. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.75994.3. eCollection 2022.
In Saudi Arabia, the gap between the demand for and availability of organs persists, with a total of 13,731 patients on the waiting list in 2019. Family refusal is a major obstacle limiting donation since their consent must be obtained prior to the retrieval of organs. The cause of family refusal is mainly due to their lack of knowledge of their loved ones' wish to become a donor. This paper aimed to compare three systems of obtaining consent in terms of effectiveness, respect for autonomy, and the cultural role of families in Saudi Arabia to ensure feasibility and effectiveness in increasing the number of donors. The consent systems include informed consent, presumed consent, and mandated choice. The mandated choice policy might be the optimal solution since it is the most likely to balance the respect for individual autonomy and the cultural role of families in Saudi Arabia. Mandated choice ensures the respect of autonomy while influencing the next of kin's decision to donate the organs. Additionally, a recommendation to decision makers is to utilize the Tawakkalna app to send alerts to the next of kin when a user registers as a donor with the users' consent. Moreover, more research should be dedicated to investigating the Saudi public's current culture and perceptions towards organ donation to ensure feasibility.
在沙特阿拉伯,器官需求与供应之间的差距依然存在,2019年共有13731名患者在等待名单上。家属拒绝是限制捐赠的一个主要障碍,因为在获取器官之前必须征得他们的同意。家属拒绝的原因主要是他们不了解亲人成为捐赠者的意愿。本文旨在从有效性、对自主权的尊重以及沙特阿拉伯家庭的文化作用方面比较三种获取同意的制度,以确保在增加捐赠者数量方面的可行性和有效性。同意制度包括知情同意、推定同意和强制选择。强制选择政策可能是最佳解决方案,因为它最有可能平衡对个人自主权的尊重以及沙特阿拉伯家庭的文化作用。强制选择确保了对自主权的尊重,同时影响近亲捐赠器官的决定。此外,向决策者提出的一项建议是,在用户同意注册成为捐赠者时,利用Tawakkalna应用程序向其近亲发送警报。此外,应该投入更多研究来调查沙特公众目前对器官捐赠的文化和看法,以确保可行性。