Attitudes towards organ donation in Hong Kong

Iris Yeung, S. H. Kong, Janet Lee

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    Abstract

    In this paper, a survey is conducted to study the attitudes of Hong Kong residents towards organ donation after death. It is found that 60.3% of the respondents are willing to donate organs, which is comparable to those cited in the literature. The results also indicate that the willingness to donate is related to age, occupation and attitude. A factor analysis of attitudes yielded four factors, including form of burial, altruism, lack of understanding on organ donation and lack of confidence in professional conduct of medical doctors. Further analysis of the factor scores provides information that is useful to the design of effective public education programs in organ donation. Copyright (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1643-1654
    JournalSocial Science and Medicine
    Volume50
    Issue number11
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jun 2000

    Research Keywords

    • Factor analysis
    • Organ donation
    • Public attitudes
    • Transplantation

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