Blood as a therapeutic resource from voluntary donation and its social scientific impact
Keywords:
Blood / immunology, Blood donors / statistics numerical data, Public healthAbstract
Introduction: since 2004, World Blood Donor Day has been commemorated June 14, recalling the importance of donation and recognition of volunteer donors around the world.
Objective: explain the evolution of the theories regarding the use of blood as a therapeutic resource from the traditional to the renewal view, with a holistic approach, in order to achieve a theoretical understanding of the voluntary and altruistic blood donation that makes it possible to capture its links with society.
Method: theoretical methods such as historical-logical, analysis and synthesis, and a documentary review of the subject were carried used.
Results: well-deserved and just homage to voluntary donors of blood allowing us to have safe blood and blood products every day. Blood transfusions are a key component of health care and the need for equitable access to safe blood is universal. Each year, 92 million units of blood are donated and there is still a deficit of 22 million units worldwide. Nearly half of the units are given to elderly patients, the other to women with obstetric bleeding, children with severe anemia, and trauma victims.
Final considerations: defending voluntary blood donation is not a simple idealistic luxury; it is a primary ethical issue, based on the principles of voluntariness and anonymity. Cuba is distinguished by the social approach of Public Health within the framework of the revolutionary process, with great impact on the health of the population by the results achieved.
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