Organ Donation Under University Students’ Point of View
Objective: To be aware of the academic students’ opinion on the organ donation. Method: Exploratory-descriptive study performed in a private university with 269 students with ages from 18 years old or older. Result: It was verified that the majority of students (70%) were 18 to 23 years old. Student...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2005 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Associação Brasileira de Transplante de Órgãos (ABTO) |
| Repositorio: | Brazilian Journal of Transplantation |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs3.emnuvens.com.br:article/402 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://bjt.emnuvens.com.br/revista/article/view/402 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Doação de órgãos e tecidos Legislação dos transplantes, Opinião na doação de órgãos e tecidos Organ and tissue donation Transplant legislation Opinion on the organ and tissue donation |
| Resumo: | Objective: To be aware of the academic students’ opinion on the organ donation. Method: Exploratory-descriptive study performed in a private university with 269 students with ages from 18 years old or older. Result: It was verified that the majority of students (70%) were 18 to 23 years old. Students were predominantly female (68%. It was observed that the majority of the researched sampling (78%) revealed to be favorable to the organ donation, and 25% had doubts on the matter. As to the suggestions, 66% of the interviewed students indicated campaigns to achieve a better clarification on the subject and to make the whole population aware on the importance of the organ donation. Conclusion: It can be concluded that there was a significant non-familiarity by the investigated students on the organ donation process. |
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