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Article: Findings from J.R. Rodrigue and co-authors provide new insights into organ donation.
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- Blood Weekly
- Article date:
- August 6, 2009
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According to recent research from the United States, "Public education campaigns about organ donation are common, but their association to actual attitudes, beliefs, and decisions about organ donation among family members of donation-eligible individuals is unknown. To examine the sources of organ donation information identified by donor and nondonor families who participated in a large-scale study to examine factors that influence organ donation decisions."
"Semistructured telephone survey conducted after a passive recruitment strategy. Participants were 285 next of kin of donor-eligible individuals (147 donors, 138 nondonors) from one organ procurement ...