How Organ Donors are Different from Non-donors: Responsibility, Barriers, and Religious Involvement

Abstract To see if religious involvement, previously linked to various health behaviors, was linked to organ donation, 143 ethnically diverse undergraduates stated whether they were registered donors (53 % were), and completed measures of organ donation attitudes and religious involvement. Compared with non-donors, donors reported fewer barriers, more family responsibility, and more willingness to receive donor organs, but were not different in religious involvement. Even in 2014, when being a “good Samaritan” by agreeing to organ donation is as easy as checking one box on a driver’s license application, religious involvement does not seem to be a factor in checking this box.
Source: Journal of Religion and Health - Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research