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December 2019 witnessed the outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan and spread of the epidemic across the country. As a provincial designated hospital for critical patients, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University responded rapidly since then by advocating the four-concentration principles, namely " concentrating patients, experts, resources and treatment" . In its rescue of critical patients, the hospital formulated comprehensive emergency plans, optimized hospital-wide resources, effectively arranged rescue spacing, established medical echelons, and implemented multi-disciplinary strategy. These efforts ensured efficient rescue and treatment, achieving a cure rate up to 98.7% of such patients, with no deaths.
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Objective:To systematically and comprehensively expound the features and problems of ethics com-mittee for human organ transplantation in the ethical review work of living organ transplantation. Methods:We took interviews with insiders,literature research as the main research methods,supplemented by group discussion and other methods. Results:The ethical review of living organ transplantation has the characteristics of high require-ments of promptness,the need of protection for the rights of life and health for both parties,the complicated prepara-tion work,the need of weighing the risk and benefit of both parties at the same time and the lack of final judgment. In terms of the problems existing in the ethical review of living organ transplantation,it mainly had that the ethical review of living organ transplantation lacked supervision and guidance,the feasibility and scientificity of ethical re-view mode need to be improved,and the self - construction of ethics committee for human organ transplantation was insufficient. Conclusion:The ethics review of human organ transplant ethics committee should follow the principle of prudence,and improve the standardization and normalization of ethical review of human organ transplantation. Re-gional human organ transplant ethical review center should better conduct the ethical review work of living organ transplantation.
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Objective:To discuss the ethical issues of living organ donation in China systematically and comprehensively,from the perspective of society,institution,family,individual and other level.Methods:Literature research and expert interviews were used as main research methods,supplemented by group discussion,in-depth interviews and other methods.Results:In the development of living organ donation in China,from the social level,the relevant laws and regulations,civic education and supporting measures had problems.From the institutional level,hospital human organ transplant ethics committee also had some deficiencies in staff composition,review capacity and supervision.On the individual level,donors and receptors of living organ donation and related medical personnel also had their own ethical dilemma.Conclusion:It is beneficial to fully promote living organ donation and fully realize the purpose of living organ transplantation for the benefit of mankind through solving the ethical issues from social,institutional and individual levels.
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Objective:This paper aimed to investigate citizens' cognition and willingness to living organ dona-tion and to provide advice for the development of living organ donation.Methods:A sample of 1500 ordinary citi-zens in Shanghai was randomly selected and a self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted anonymously to investigate their cognition and willingness to living organ donation.Results:The citizens' awareness rate of liv-ing organs was not high;citizens obtained the information mainly through the network,television,newspapers and other mainstream media;citizens' s willingness rate of living organ donation was 14.6％,and the willingness wasin-fluenced by various factors.Conclusion:To promote citizens' correct understanding of living organ donation re-quires various efforts of governments,societies,families,hospitals and schools.