Correlates of support for organ donation among three ethnic groups

Telephone interviews about organ donation were conducted with 4880 white respondents, 634 African–American respondents and 566 Hispanic respondents. Forty‐three percent (42.9%) of whites, 31.2% of Hispanics and 22.6% of African–Americans reported that they were willing to donate their organs after t...

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Published in:Clinical transplantation 1999-02, Vol.13 (1), p.45-50
Main Authors: McNamara, Patrick, Guadagnoli, Edward, Evanisko, Michael J, Beasley, Carol, Santiago-Delpin, Eduardo A, Callender, Clive O, Christiansen, Elaine
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
African Americans - psychology
Attitude
Biological and medical sciences
Educational Status
end-of-life decisions
Ethnic Groups - psychology
ethnicity
European Continental Ancestry Group - psychology
Female
Hispanic Americans - psychology
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
organ donation
organ procurement
race
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Surgery of the urinary system
Tissue Donors - psychology
transplantation
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Summary:Telephone interviews about organ donation were conducted with 4880 white respondents, 634 African–American respondents and 566 Hispanic respondents. Forty‐three percent (42.9%) of whites, 31.2% of Hispanics and 22.6% of African–Americans reported that they were willing to donate their organs after their death (p
ISSN:0902-0063
1399-0012
DOI:10.1034/j.1399-0012.1999.t01-2-130107.x