Coad Laura, Carter Noel, Ling Jonathan
Department of Pharmacy, Health & Wellbeing, University of Sunderland, Sunderland SR1 3SD, UK.
Transplant Res. 2013 May 17;2(1):9. doi: 10.1186/2047-1440-2-9.
This study examines the attitudes of young British adults towards donating their own organs and those of their family members.
An opportunity sample of 119 participants (65 female) completed an attitude questionnaire.
Most participants were in favour of donation though substantially fewer had signed up to the organ donation register. A minority of participants was aware of the proposed opt-out system for donation.
The results from this study corroborate and extend previous work in that more participants were prepared to receive an organ than donate one. Knowing someone who had donated an organ was associated with a more positive attitude towards donation. Implications for policy are discussed.
本研究调查了英国年轻成年人对捐献自己及家人器官的态度。
119名参与者（65名女性）的机会样本完成了一份态度调查问卷。
大多数参与者赞成器官捐献，不过登记成为器官捐献者的人数要少得多。少数参与者知晓拟议的器官捐献退出机制。
本研究结果证实并拓展了此前的研究成果，即愿意接受器官移植的参与者多于愿意捐献器官的参与者。认识有过器官捐献经历的人会对器官捐献持更积极的态度。文中还讨论了这些结果对政策的影响。
