| Organ donation: cross-sectional survey of knowledge and personal views of Brazilian medical students and physicians. | |
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PMID: 20620455 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: To assess the knowledge, attitudes, and behavior associated with cadaver organ donation and transplantation among medical students and physicians. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We randomly selected 350 medical students, 150 physicians, and 150 intensive care unit physicians. Each completed a questionnaire consisting of 9 self-administered items, from which we gathered data about their knowledge about brain death and criteria for the diagnosis of brain death; their hypothetical behaviors, assuming willingness to donate their own or their family's organs; their trust in physicians; and their confidence in a diagnosis of brain death made by physicians. RESULTS: We observed that knowledge about brain death increased with medical education level; the best results were noted in intensive care unit physicians. Agreement to transplant organs from brain-dead donors (odds ratio [OR], 4.58), confidence in brain-death diagnosis by physicians (OR, 2.17), and knowledge about criteria for the diagnosis of brain death (OR, 2.26) were predictors of willingness to donate one's own organs. CONCLUSION: Enhanced medical knowledge of and involvement in donation are needed to achieve cadaver organ donation. |
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Authors:
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C X Lima; M V B Lima; R G Cerqueira; T G Cerqueira; T S Ramos; M Nascimento; C R M Andrade; D G Cunha; S L M Garcia |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Transplantation proceedings Volume: 42 ISSN: 1873-2623 ISO Abbreviation: Transplant. Proc. Publication Date: 2010 Jun |
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Created Date: 2010-07-12 Completed Date: 2010-10-29 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0243532 Medline TA: Transplant Proc Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1466-71 Citation Subset: IM |
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Hospital Felicio Rocho, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. cxlima@globo.com |
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Brain Death* Brazil Cross-Sectional Studies Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice* Humans Intensive Care / psychology Intensive Care Units Patient Selection Personnel, Hospital / psychology Physicians / psychology* Questionnaires Students, Medical / psychology* Tissue and Organ Procurement / methods, statistics & numerical data* |
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