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Article: Young Australian adults' knowledge and beliefs about organ donation
- Article from:
- Progress in Transplantation
- Article date:
- September 1, 2007
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright North American Transplant Coordinators Organization Sep 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Context- Limited studies, particularly in Australia, are aimed at understanding young people's beliefs about organ donation. Identification of such beliefs may serve to increase donation decision registration and decision discussion rates among this age cohort.
Objectives- To examine young adults' knowledge about organ donation and to use a theory of planned behavior framework to determine the differences in behavioral, normative, and control beliefs between young adults who had and those who had not registered and discussed their organ donation decision with family or significant others.
Participants- Australian university students (N = 233) completed a questionnaire assessing knowledge ...