Artículos de revistas
Organ donation: Acceptance and refusal among users of the public health system from Brazil
Fecha
2008Registro en:
TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS, v.40, n.3, p.660-662, 2008
0041-1345
10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.03.011
Autor
SASSO-MENDES, K. D.
CURVO, P. A.
SILVEIRA, R. C. C. P.
GALVAO, C. M.
Institución
Resumen
The present study sought to identify the perception of a given group of users of the Brazilian Public Health System (Sistema Unico de Saude) regarding organ donation and to implement an educational policy. Structured interviews were conducted with the aim of describing the profile of donor and nondonor subjects, the importance of organ donation, and the knowledge regarding donation and brain death. One hundred subjects were interviewed: 33% of them considered themselves potential donors; 40% were donors; 13% were nondonors; and 14% were ill-informed potential donors. However, only 40% of users have already officially expressed to their families a willingness to donate. Regarding their knowledge about the propitious moment for organ donation, only 64% of them associated the donation act with brain death. Although the present results revealed that users of the Brazilian Public Health System are prone to organ donation, there actually was a high amount of refusals, which may be due to lack of information and knowledge regarding the donation-transplantation process.