Investigation and Analysis on Citizens' Cognition of Living Organ Donation
10.12026/j.issn.1001-8565.2017.06.29
- VernacularTitle:公民活体器官捐献的认知情况调查及分析
- Author:
Jialei YAN
;
Huiyun YUAN
- Keywords:
Living Organ;
Organ Donation;
Voluntary Donation
- From:
Chinese Medical Ethics
2017;30(6):787-791
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:This paper aimed to investigate citizens' cognition and willingness to living organ dona-tion and to provide advice for the development of living organ donation.Methods:A sample of 1500 ordinary citi-zens in Shanghai was randomly selected and a self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted anonymously to investigate their cognition and willingness to living organ donation.Results:The citizens' awareness rate of liv-ing organs was not high;citizens obtained the information mainly through the network,television,newspapers and other mainstream media;citizens' s willingness rate of living organ donation was 14.6％,and the willingness wasin-fluenced by various factors.Conclusion:To promote citizens' correct understanding of living organ donation re-quires various efforts of governments,societies,families,hospitals and schools.
