title: Organ donation knowledge, willingness, and beliefs of motor vehicle clerks.
abstract: Motor vehicle (MV) clerks are at the epicenter of organ donor registration. We show that MV clerks (n = 225) in two northeastern states have knowledge gaps and negative beliefs about organ donation. A majority believe it may be possible to buy organs on the black market (81%) and that recovery from brain death is possible (65%), whereas nearly half believe that doctors might not work as hard to save the life of a registered donor (46%). Organ procurement organizations should conduct formal educational programming with MV staff, considering their prominent role in the donor registration process.
authors.affiliation: 1 Center for Transplant Outcomes and Quality Improvement, The Transplant Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA. 2 Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. 3 New England Organ Bank, Waltham, MA. 4 Address correspondence to: James R. Rodrigue, Ph.D., The Transplant Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 110 Francis Street, 7th Floor, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: James R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Rodrigue
authors.forename: Aaron
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fleishman
authors.forename: Sean
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fitzpatrick
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008404:Massachusetts; D008875:Middle Aged; D018986:Motor Vehicles / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012042:Registries; D012237:Rhode Island; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D055815:Young Adult