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Attitudes Toward A Presumed Consent Organ Donation System, Lisa Chan, Justin Cottrell, Pamela Denny-Griffith, Debra Roth, Nora Stephany

Loma Linda University Research Reports

Purpose: Obtaining consent for post-mortem organ donation is a complicated process, and the current system for obtaining consent has not been very effective in procuring sufficient transplantable organs for the current demand. A streamlined method of organ procurement, such as presumed consent, is needed to simplify this process and increase the number of available organs for donation. The purpose of this descriptive study was to evaluate the public's attitudes toward a presumed consent system of organ donation. Methods: A convenience sample of275 adults, aged 18 years or older, was recruited from public establishments in California. Subjects were required to understand, …