Barriers to eye donation in Aotearoa New Zealand: a novel qualitative analysis
Most focus group participants supported eye donation; however, poor awareness, cultural uncertainty and limited infrastructure remain barriers. New Zealand has the population and capacity to achieve self-sufficiency, but system-level changes are needed to improve eye donation rates.
Authors
- Natalie Allen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7375-5899)
- Micah E. J. Rapata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1775-0425)
- Rachael Louise Niederer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4311-859X)
- Akilesh Gokul
- Jie Zhang
- Charles McGhee
Institutions
- University of Auckland (NZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- New Zealand Medical Journal
- Published
- 2026-03-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.26635/6965.7234
- Primary Topic
- Organ Donation and Transplantation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00