Determination of medical and legal problems faced by organ transplantation in Turkey on quality improvement of organ transplantation and research

With the increase in the number of transpantable organs and tissues as well as improvements in survival rates with transpantations a result has been a severe shortage of organ donors. Organs for transplantation are usually obtained from living genetic relatives or from heart beating cadavers.Unfortunately ,these sources have so far been unable to keep up with demand. Organ transplantation is still been accepted and implemented as the unique tratment method for many illnesses. The organ donation rate is far from satisfaction of the necessity all around the world, even the situation in Turkey is worse than the developed countries. Whereas cadavers are mostly used in those countries, living organisms are used for organ transplantations in Turkey. For evaluating the findings of the research, SPSS for Windows 21.0 Program has been used. For evaluating the statistical data, tests of average deviation, standard deviation, percentage distribution, It was determined that the results are regarded as 95 % confidence range and their significances are at p<0.05 level. The results of the study have significant implications as to how organ donation campaigners interpret knowledge, attitudes and organ donation willingness. Managerial and research implications can be formulated based on these results. Appropriate suggestions were presented according to results of this study.