Internal medicine journal
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Internal medicine journal · Jan 2015
Multicenter StudyFactors relating to consent for organ donation: prospective data on potential organ donors.
Obtaining family consent to organ donation is a significant obstacle to improving further Australian deceased organ donation rates. Currently, neither the consent rates for donors eligible to donate after circulatory death, nor factors that influence decision to decline or consent to donation in general are known in Australia. ⋯ Despite a small sample size, these findings describe current consent and donation rates and associated factors and may assist in improving conversations about organ donation.