A Qualitative Content Analysis of Comments on Press Articles on Deemed Consent for Organ Donation in Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

In 2019, two Canadian provinces became the first jurisdictions in North America to pass deemed consent legislation to increase deceased organ donation and transplantation rates. We sought to explore the perspectives of the deemed consent legislation for organ donation in Canada from the viewpoint of individuals commenting on press articles.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

In this qualitative descriptive study, we extracted public comments regarding deemed consent from online articles published by four major Canadian news outlets between January 2019 and July 2020. A total of 4357 comments were extracted from 35 eligible news articles. Comments were independently analyzed by two research team members using a conventional content analysi

SUBMITTER: Fox DE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9718046 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature