The Influence of Race on Approaching Families for Organ Donation and Their Decision to Donate

Overview

Journal Am J Public Health

Specialty Public Health

Date 1999 Feb 9

PMID 9949758

Citations 11

Authors

E Guadagnoli

P McNamara

M J Evanisko

C Beasley

C O Callender

A Poretsky

Affiliations

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Abstract

Objectives: This study examined whether patients' race was associated with their families' being approached for organ donation and agreeing to donation.

Methods: Logistic regression models were applied to data collected from records at 112 hospitals.

Results: The odds that a family of a White patient was approached for donation were nearly twice those for a family of an African American. The odds of donation also differed by race, but the magnitude varied by patient and hospital characteristics.

Conclusions: Much attention directed toward racial disparity in donation has focused on attitudes of the public. The behavior of hospital staff also may be related to differences in rates.

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