Abstract

CASADO-NEIRA, David. Analysis of the reluctance to blood donation based on sociodemographic and cultural variables: limitations and new perspectives. Index Enferm [online]. 2013, vol.22, n.3, pp.147-151. ISSN 1699-5988.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S1132-12962013000200007.

Social Studies deal with blood donation focusing mainly on three areas: motivation (psychology), symbolism of blood (symbolic anthropology) and altruism (sociology and cultural anthropology). To improve the recruitment of donors the results provided are certainly limited, by other hand, other factors related to the organisation and management of transfusion services may offer a better explanation of the differences in the participation of donors. Methods: Analysing a selection of general demographic (gender and age), economic (rent, GDP, unemployment rates, CPI) and medical (transplantation and organ donation rates). Results: After the analysis of the variables no new light was shed on this field, with the exception of the medical variables. Conclusions: This demands a new analysis based mainly on the strategies for donor recruitment of the transfusion centres, and the personal reasons for self-exclusion.

Keywords : Donation; Blood donors; Blood transfusion; Transplant; Altruism; Sociology; Denial.