Attitudes and acceptability of organ and tissue donation registration in the emergency department: a national survey of emergency physicians.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

There is a worldwide shortage of organs for transplantation. One method to increase the number of organs available for transplant is to increase the number of registered organ donors. The emergency department (ED) may be a suitable venue to disseminate knowledge to patients about organ donation, and to offer an immediate or future opportunity to register as an organ donor. This study aimed to assess emergency physicians' attitudes and acceptability of an ED-based organ donation registration initiative.

Methods

We developed and distributed a national postal survey using a modified Dillman's tailored design technique to a random sample of emergency physicians selected from the Canadian Medical Directory.

Results

From a total of 474 delivered surveys, we received

SUBMITTER: Hickey M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8818093 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature