Over the past week, I have completely finished all aspects of my write-up. I have also finished my powerpoint to present my EPQ.
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With my evaluation now complete, I am focusing on creating my powerpoint in order to present my project in the coming weeks.
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This week I have finished off my dissertation, and I am now focusing on my evaluation.
epq update
This week I have completed my discussion part of my EPQ, and am now onto the conclusion, of which I aim to finish by next week.
epq 15/03/19
This week I have been writing up the paragraph which looks at how recipients and donor families view organ donation. I have also come across some very interesting reasons as to why people have not had a conversation regarding organ decision which brings up some key issues.
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This week I have been writing out my interview paragraph, and beginning to look at how recipients and donor families, who have been involved with organ donation, view presumed consent and organ donation and whether these outlooks have changed from before and after.
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I have been starting to write my discussion up properly, and gathering all of my research together in order to do so.
This week in the news also has been a prominent week in the opt-out campaign. The deemed consent bill has passed the ‘final hurdle’, which is something I can add into my final dissertation.
EPQ update
For the past month I have been been starting to write my discussion and literature review. Although the first draft of my literature review was slightly off the guidelines, a lot of what was written can be used in my final piece.
I have also carried out a question and answer with an organ donation specialist which has provided me with a vast amount of information and an interesting insight to what they think of both the current and proposed system.
30/11/18
Although this is not relevant to the uk, it provides information on other countries and the systems in place and donation rates.
Highlights some of the key problems that have caused low rates , which perhaps we should be looking at these in order to improve the rates, instead of introducing a new system.
Is a new system necessary or should we be working on the current one in order to improve it?
Click to access nhsbt-united-kingdom-summary-report-sep-18.pdf
Statistics on organ donation from 2014/15 up to 2018/19 for the UK as a whole.
Total population of 66 million people, 39% of whom are registered organ donors.
Just over 617000 people have opted out of donating organs – not even 1%.
Leaves a very large percentage of the population who haven’t chosen what to do, perhaps the new system should be simple, and just opt in or out at the age of 18?
https://www.bmj.com/content/356/bmj.j1028
Written article on the opt-out campaign.
Wales – “soft” opt-out campaign – doesn’t go against surviving family wishes.
States that even though the law is in place, it isn’t enforced, so what is the point of it?
How different the system is in Spain – highest rates of organ donation – raises the question of why more countries do not follow their lead.
research 23/11/18
Q&A with a Dr – explains his views on the opt-out campaign and the ethical implications involved with it.
‘it seems difficult to be said to be donating something that you don’t own anyway’ – is it then put straight to the opt-out campaign or do families have the overall say.
Should we interfere with nature?
Interference within relationships – cause upset to family members so the choice to not be an organ donor is the easier option.
If people wish to donate their organs, would they already be a registered donor? Low rates of donation may simply be down to the fact that people don’t feel comfortable with donating their organs.
Perhaps people wish to save their organs for when a family member needed them. This however may not work if they aren’t a match. Should tests be made earlier on in life so that if this was the case, then if family members aren’t a match, the organs could be donated elsewhere.
Organs may be donated to someone who has committed a crime, for example murder. Some people may be opposed to giving a second chance of live to someone who has taken someone else’s.
Cost of organ donation – staff, time, equipment, theatres available, skills, training and education.
The organ transplantation is not always successful.
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