Abstract—Living donor nephrectomy for renal
transplantation has become widespread as surgical techniques.
A questionnaire survey of living transplantation donors who
gave a kidney to their spouses was conducted to determine their
perceptions of living donor kidney transplantation. In this
survey, 2 of 3 kidneys were donated by wives. In general, men
are breadwinners in the family and women are more often
expected to act as donors. From the responses to the question
“How much was your intention to become a donor?,” it was
clear that wife-donors had lesser intention to donate than
husband-donors. In other words, the decision of wife-donors
was more influenced by others. Donors were also asked their
opinions regarding transplantation of surgically restored
cancerous kidneys. This is currently not allowed in Japan. From
the result, wife-donors were more tolerant of restored kidney
transplantation than husband-donors. Transplantation using a
previously cancerous donor kidney may offer some relief of
pressure placed on family members, particularly wives, to
donate.
Index Terms—Questionnaire survey, gender imbalance in
living donor, donors’ perceptions, restored kidney
transplantation.
Miyako Takagi is with the University Research Center, Nihon University,
4-8-24, Kudan-minami, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8275 Japan (e-mail:
takagi.miyako@ nihon-u.ac.jp).
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Cite: Miyako Takagi, " Gender Bias in Living Donor Kidney Transplantation in
Japan: a Questionnaire Survey in Spousal Renal Donors," International Journal of Social Science and Humanity vol. 5, no. 11, pp. 912-916, 2015.