Discussion of posthumous organ donation in Chinese families

doi:10.1080/13548500701351992

	Discussion of posthumous organ donation in Chinese families
	Wu，Anise Man Sze 1,2
	2007-12-14
Source Publication	Psychology, Health and Medicine
ISSN	13548506
Volume	13 Issue:1 Pages:48-54
Abstract	Since family permission is necessary for organ procurement to occur in China, family discussions about posthumous organ donation are crucial for increasing the actual organ donation and transplant rate. However, this study found that among 298 Chinese young adults, most of them (88%) were reluctant to talk about organ donation with their families. Based on the Theory of Reasoned Action, this study investigated communication within families about organ donation. Psychological factors included intention, attitude, subjective norm, death anxiety, and knowledge. As expected, the subjective norm was more powerful than attitude in explaining family discussions among Chinese people. Death anxiety, but not misconception, also significantly lowered the likelihood of family discussion. It is concluded that future campaigns for lessening death anxiety and promoting the social norm for organ donation must be conducted in Chinese societies, in order to encourage family discussions and improve the donation rate. © 2008 Taylor & Francis.
Keyword	Chinese Death anxiety Family discussion Organ donation Subjective norm
DOI	10.1080/13548500701351992
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Language	英语
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Document Type	Journal article
Collection	University of Macau
Affiliation	1.Department of PsychologyFaculty of Social Sciences and HumanitiesUniversity of Macau,Macao 2.Department of PsychologyUniversity of Macau,Macao
First Author Affilication	Faculty of Social Sciences; University of Macau
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714	Wu，Anise Man Sze. Discussion of posthumous organ donation in Chinese families[J]. Psychology, Health and Medicine,2007,13(1):48-54.
APA	Wu，Anise Man Sze.(2007).Discussion of posthumous organ donation in Chinese families.Psychology, Health and Medicine,13(1),48-54.
MLA	Wu，Anise Man Sze."Discussion of posthumous organ donation in Chinese families".Psychology, Health and Medicine 13.1(2007):48-54.

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