NDT Advance Access originally published online on May 31, 2005
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2005 20(7):1307-1310; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh668
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Special Feature
Living life: mottos and logos on renal transplantation designed by high school students
1 Section of Nephrology, University of Turin and 2 SC Nephrology and Dialysis, Ivrea Hospital, Italy
Correspondence and offprint requests to: Giorgina Barbara Piccoli, Cattedra di Nefrologia, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Corso Dogliotti 14, 10126 Torino, Italy. Email: gbpiccoli@hotmail.com
Keywords: kidney transplantation; organ donation; patient education
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The discrepancy between the supply of organs for transplantation and the clinical demand for them is a crucial issue in nephrology. To overcome this gap, several policies have been implemented to increase the general public's knowledge and awareness of the problem; accordingly, Italian law requires that transplantation medicine and end of life issues be discussed in high school [1,2].
In publicity or educational campaigns, the use of images to communicate core concepts is crucial to the success of any such initiative [3,4]. Furthermore, a commercial advertising campaign is usually preceded by a detailed market analysis and a study of the best way to present the product [5]. This approach is commonly employed by medical suppliers, and great attention (possibly too great) is paid to carefully advertising new drugs and productswith the extensive use of gadgets, gimmicks and colourful brochures in
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The school
The educational campaign
The award
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