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AAP Grand Rounds 20:19 (2008)
© 2008 American Academy of Pediatrics

BIOETHICS

Factors That Influence Decisions About Organ Donation

Source: Rodrigue JR, Cornell DL, Howard RJ. Pediatric organ donation: what factors most influence parents’ donation decisions? Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2008;9(2):180–185; doi:10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181668605[CrossRef][Medline]

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PICO

Question: What variables influence the decision-making process of parents in considering organ donation from their deceased child?

Question type: Prognosis

Study design: Cross-sectional design

 

To evaluate factors associated with a decision to donate organs from a deceased child, researchers from Boston, MA, and Gainesville, FL, conducted a survey of parents whose child had recently died.

The study used a passive recruitment plan: over a four-year period, parents of recently deceased children (<18 years old) were informed of the study by a coordinator from an organ procurement organization following the parents’ decision regarding organ donation. Parents initiated telephone contact if they wished to have more information.

Of 112 parents informed about the study, 74 participated (66.2%), including 49 who made a decision to donate organs and 25 who decided not . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Ferdinand D. (Nick) Yates, Jr., MD, MA, FAAP
Pediatrics, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY