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Article: Are organ donation attitudes and beliefs, empathy, and life orientation related to donor registration status?
- Article from:
- Progress in Transplantation
- Article date:
- March 1, 2004
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright North American Transplant Coordinators Organization Mar 2004. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Context-The severe organ donor shortage necessitates additional research on variables that may distinguish those who register to be organ donors and those who do not. Such research has important implications for the development of educational interventions.
Objective-To examine whether registered organ donors differ significantly from nondonors on measures of organ donation beliefs and attitudes, empathy, and life orientation.
Design and Setting-Prospective participants were approached about the study while visiting a local branch of the Department of Motor Vehicles. Once consent was obtained, participants completed several questionnaires.
Participants-Two hundred fifty community dwellers ...