Changing Attitude to Organ Donation and Transplantation in University Students During the Years of Medical School in Italy

With the introduction of the Australian Organ Donation Register, responsibility regarding organ donation decisions primarily rests with the individual. However, family members can be instrumental in facilitating or hindering the rate of organ donation by objecting to or confirming the individual's wishes. Attitudes and beliefs of family members have been shown to be a strong influence on people's intentions to donate. Numerous studies have also demonstrated that family communication about organ donation can improve the rate of organ donation. We surveyed 23 matched pairs of undergraduate university students and their parents and found that attitudes to organ donation were positive and that there was a tendency for these dyads to give concordant responses regarding attitudes, level of family communication, and intent to donate. These findings have implications for improving Australia's organ donation rate, and recommendations for messages promoting organ donation are discussed.

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Understanding of and attitudes to organ donation and transplantation: a survey among Italian university students

Clinical Transplantation ◽

10.1111/j.1399-0012.2005.00482.x ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 20 (3) ◽

pp. 307-312 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Daniele Canova ◽

Manuela De Bona ◽

Rino Ruminati ◽

Mario Ermani ◽

Remo Naccarato ◽

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Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Organ Donation

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Evaluation of the Opinions and Knowledge of Medical School Students on Organ Donation and Transplantation

10.5152/tjg.2021.20937 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 32 (9) ◽

pp. 790-800

Author(s):

Turkkan Ozturk Kaygusuz ◽

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Edibe Pirincci ◽

Keyword(s):

Medical School ◽

Organ Donation ◽

School Students ◽

Medical School Students

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Factors Influencing Will of Brain Death Organ Donation among University Students

The Korean Journal of Health Service Management ◽

10.12811/kshsm.2018.12.4.191 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 12 (4) ◽

pp. 191-202

Author(s):

Min-Seo Son ◽

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In-Soon Kang ◽

Jung-Hee Jeon

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Brain Death ◽

Organ Donation ◽

Factors Influencing

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On Being a Medical Student in the 1930s

Scottish Medical Journal ◽

10.1177/003693309804300109 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 43 (1) ◽

pp. 26-28

Author(s):

R. H. Girdwood

Keyword(s):

Medical Student ◽

University Students ◽

Medical School ◽

Clinical Experience ◽

Clinical Medicine ◽

Royal Infirmary ◽

The One ◽

The University ◽

Male House

From a Minute Book which has survived the years, an account is given of matters discussed by the Clinical Medicine Board of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh in the 1930s. This Board consisted of the senior physicians in the hospital and the records give an indication of the excessively large number of students who were all having their clinical experience in the wards of the one hospital. In addition to the University students there were others studying for the Triple Qualification of the Royal Colleges. The pressure of this teaching on staff and patients was considerable. It was decided to transfer some of the tuition to Craigleith Hospital which became the Western General. In 1939 the male house doctors were awaiting their call-up. The administrators had to consider arrangements for the continuation of teaching if bombing took place. In March 1941 the Polish Medical School was organised in Edinburgh

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