How Organ Donors are Different from Non-donors: Responsibility, Barriers, and Religious Involvement
- 19 December 2014
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Religion and Health
- Vol. 54 (6) , 2286-2291
Abstract
To see if religious involvement, previously linked to various health behaviors, was linked to organ donation, 143 ethnically diverse undergraduates stated whether they were registered donors (53 % were), and completed measures of organ donation attitudes and religious involvement. Compared with non-donors, donors reported fewer barriers, more family responsibility, and more willingness to receive donor organs, but were not different in religious involvement. Even in 2014, when being a “good Samaritan” by agreeing to organ donation is as easy as checking one box on a driver’s license application, religious involvement does not seem to be a factor in checking this box.Keywords
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