title: Parental attitudes toward organ transplantation.
abstract: We investigated parental attitudes toward organ donation by surveying the parents of 106 children attending a general pediatric, cystic fibrosis, hematology or nephrology clinic using a printed questionnaire. Only 64% of parents knew that cessation of brain function is the definition of death. Most people (73%) obtained information about organ transplantation from the mass media and significantly fewer (37%) from medical personnel (P less than 0.05). Blacks were less likely than whites to express a desire to be living-related and/or cadaveric donors (P less than 0.05).
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Schneider Children's Hospital of Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park 11042.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Meisler
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Trachtman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D001290:Attitude; D032882:Comprehension; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009518:New York; D033282:Parental Consent; D010290:Parents; D035781:Siblings; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000523:psychology; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement; D014180:Transplantation / Q000523:psychology*; D044465:White People