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Giving to receive? The right to donate in umbilical cord blood banking for stem cell therapies.
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PMID:  22217863     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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OBJECTIVES: To explore the views of lay and professional stakeholders about the donation of cord blood to public banks in England and the policies surrounding it. METHODS: Qualitative in-depth interviews were undertaken between April 2009 and August 2010 with 62 participants based in England who play a key role in cord blood banking and therapy. All interviews were recorded, transcribed in full, and coded and analysed thematically. RESULTS: Participants claimed pregnant women had a right to know of the value of cord blood. This highlighted the flaws of the existing donation infrastructure, which was portrayed as playing a significant role in determining public health. Participants called for a right to donate cord blood to readdress the inequity in healthcare services for pregnant women and transplant recipients. Donors maintained a sense of right over their donation when they discussed cord blood donation as potentially benefiting their family as well as society. CONCLUSION: In order to keep receiving donated body parts, tissue and blood, there is a need to take into account the way in which donation operates within a prevalent 'rights' discourse.
Authors:
Laura L Machin; Nik Brown; Danae McLeod
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2012-1-2
Journal Detail:
Title:  Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands)     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1872-6054     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2012 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-1-5     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
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Nlm Unique ID:  8409431     Medline TA:  Health Policy     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Division of Medicine, School of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YB, United Kingdom.
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