Linda Wright

ORCID: 0000-0003-0380-0380
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Research Areas
  • Organ Donation and Transplantation
  • Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
  • Occupational Health and Safety Research
  • Renal and Vascular Pathologies
  • Risk and Safety Analysis
  • Reproductive Health and Technologies
  • Organ and Tissue Transplantation Research
  • Ethics in medical practice
  • Liver Disease and Transplantation
  • Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
  • Intellectual Property Law
  • Clinical practice guidelines implementation
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
  • Traffic and Road Safety
  • Quality and Supply Management
  • Online and Blended Learning
  • Digital Marketing and Social Media
  • Blood donation and transfusion practices
  • Ethics in Clinical Research
  • Law, Rights, and Freedoms
  • Quality and Safety in Healthcare

Saudi Arabia Basic Industries (Netherlands)
2023

Translational Research in Oncology
2021

University Health Network
2009-2019

Longwood University
2002-2019

University of Toronto
2009-2018

Canadian Natural Resources
2018

SickKids Foundation
2017

The University of Adelaide
2017

University of Alberta
2017

Hospital for Sick Children
2017

The 2017 Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Clinical Practice Guideline on the Evaluation and Care of Living Donors is intended to assist medical professionals who evaluate living kidney donor candidates provide care before, during after donation. guideline development process followed Grades Recommendation Assessment, Development, (GRADE) approach recommendations are based systematic reviews relevant studies that included critical appraisal quality evidence strength...

10.1097/tp.0000000000001769 article EN Transplantation 2017-07-25

Israel's rates of organ donation have been one the lowest among developed countries. An attempt to change this has led introduction a pioneering new law, Organ Transplant Act 2008, which came into effect in January 2010 and sets out principles underlying policy relation allocation organs for transplantation. According policy, person can gain priority points by signing donor card, making nondirected during their lifetime, or as result first-degree relative consenting procurement after death....

10.2139/ssrn.4736002 article EN SSRN Electronic Journal 2024-01-01

The use of organs from live donors is an important component transplantation today. Ethics Committee the Transplantation Society (TTS) has previously published a statement on ethical considerations pertaining to kidney donor (1). Evolving technologies have now allowed for successful lung, liver, pancreas and intestine (extrarenal) donors. TTS was convened at Vancouver Forum deliberate upon extrarenal transplantation. following summary committee's deliberations. We believe that donation...

10.1097/01.tp.0000214976.36526.e3 article EN Transplantation 2006-05-25

Abstract The Australian Clinical Guidelines for Stroke Management 2010 represents an update of the Rehabilitation and Recovery (2005) Acute (2007). For first time, they cover whole spectrum stroke, from public awareness prehospital response to stroke unit management strategies, acute treatment, secondary prevention, rehabilitation community care. guidelines also include recommendations on transient ischaemic attack. most significant changes previous guideline extension thrombolysis window 3...

10.1111/j.1445-5994.2012.02774.x article EN Internal Medicine Journal 2012-05-01

Purpose of the Protocol This has been developed to ensure harmonization donor assessment and acceptance practices for enrolling living donors in Kidney Paired Donation Program, managed operated by Canadian Blood Services collaboration with provincial Living Transplant programs across country. Assessment criteria vary between Canada as shown throughout this Protocol. variability two primary effects on Program: declines matched delays accepting a recipient's program because need additional...

10.1097/tp.0000000000000918 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Transplantation 2015-10-01

There are no published series of the assessment process, profiles and outcomes anonymous, directed or nondirected live liver donation. The 29 consecutive potential anonymous donors at our center were assessed. We used standard augmented with following additional acceptance criteria: a logical rationale for donation, history social altruism, strong supports willingness to maintain confidentiality patient information. Seventeen rejected 12 ultimately accepted (six male, six female). All...

10.1111/j.1600-6143.2010.03244.x article EN cc-by-nc-nd American Journal of Transplantation 2010-09-01

Most living organ donations are from genetically or emotionally related donors. Although some transplant centers willing to accept anonymous kidney donors (LAKDs), very few will liver (LALDs). The difference in acceptance rates is primarily due the greater risk donation, which estimated be 10-fold that of donation. We present a case donation LALD, first reported Canada. There currently no established standards for LALDs. Our criteria ethical acceptability LALDs require such physically...

10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01725.x article EN cc-by-nc-nd American Journal of Transplantation 2007-03-26

Kidney transplantation from living donors is generally a safe, effective form of renal replacement therapy. When evaluating potential and their intended recipients, careful assessment process followed in order to ensure that ethical standards are upheld. During this assessment, important medical information with serious consequences, which was not being sought as part the donor/recipient evaluation, may be discovered. The or relevant decision donate. However, such discovery raises difficult...

10.1046/j.1525-139x.2002.00541.x article EN Seminars in Dialysis 2002-06-01

The Share 35 policy for organ allocation, which was adopted in June 2013, allocates livers regionally candidates with Model End-Stage Liver Disease scores of or greater. authors analyzed the costs resulting from increased movement allografts related to this new policy. Using a sample nine procurement organizations, representing 17% US population and 19% deceased donors data were obtained on import export before implementation (June 15, 2012, 14, 2013) after 2014). Results showed that liver...

10.1111/ajt.13436 article EN cc-by-nc-nd American Journal of Transplantation 2015-09-15

Worldwide, there is a gap between the supply and demand for organs. Canada no exception. For instance, at end of 2014, 4514 patients (among which 3473 were waiting kidney 507 liver) an organ. During year 2356 transplant procedures (1430 transplantations 537 liver transplantations) performed 278 died same year, 553 living organ donors 28% had relationship with recipient. This high proportion due mostly to existence Living Donor Paired Exchange Registry in transplantation.1 Given this shortage...

10.1097/tp.0000000000001514 article EN Transplantation 2016-10-07

Student perceived engagement and student learning are important concepts in today's higher education classroom environment. Examining from the students' perspective is an aspect to understand more about this multidimensional construct as a tool for active learning. A survey was administered undergraduate business students gain insight into multiple factors influencing engagement. Students felt that enhanced by discussion of current events, positive instructor demeanor, putting effort course...

10.1080/08832323.2018.1504738 article EN Journal of Education for Business 2018-10-02

In recent years, the importance of involving patients in research has been increasingly recognized because it increases relevance and quality research, facilitates recruitment, enhances public trust allows for more effective dissemination results. The Canadian National Transplant Research Program (CNTRP) is an interdisciplinary team looking at a variety issues related to organ tissue donation transplantation. aim this study was gather perspectives CNTRP researchers on engaging research.We...

10.1186/s40900-018-0096-0 article EN cc-by Research Involvement and Engagement 2018-03-06
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