A5049265322- Organ Donation and Transplantation
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Disaster Response and Management
- Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
- Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues
- Marriage and Sexual Relationships
McGill University Health Centre
2024-2025
Despite the lauded benefits of living kidney donation, there is growing evidence challenges that donors (LKD) encounter in their donation trajectory and gaps healthcare service provision. However, most derived from research conducted by clinicians or academic investigators. Significantly less attention has been devoted to analyzing unsolicited accounts LKDs' experiences. We a review synthesis published first-person narratives LKDs aimed synthesize experiences identify care needs. Four...
Background: Natural, technological and other disasters cause significant human suffering, kidney patients are uniquely vulnerable. The safe provision of replacement therapies necessitates the consistent resources. Robust disaster risk reduction management (DRRM) can mitigate risks associated with resource disruption. Individual care programs may benefit from an organized approach to developing context-specific protocols. We aimed synthesize contemporary literature in create a roadmap DRRM....
Background. Kidney transplant recipients with graft loss (KTR-GL) are an increasing group of patients whose care needs largely unmet. The lack patient perspectives is a key research gap. We conducted in-depth exploration the experiences KTR-GL to identify their healthcare needs. Methods. This qualitative study adopted interpretive descriptive methodology. Data collection entailed semistructured narrative interviews until data saturation was achieved and analyzed using inductive thematic...
In light of an ambiguous legal situation in countries like Lebanon and Egypt concerning homosexuality, this article looks at how some individuals are able to reconfigure their identities sexual desires through the online dating app Tinder, negotiation sociopolitical identity signifiers a Lebanese context. On other hand, LGBTIQ those with non-normative sexualities persecuted by Egyptian state as result same practices, resulting collapse online/offline binary.