Importance of Education in Organ Donation

Yilmaz T. U.

EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATION, vol.9, no.6, pp.370-375, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 9 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Journal Name: EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATION
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.370-375
  • Keywords: Transplantation, Wrong Beliefs, Religion, Volunteering, Military, UNIVERSITY-STUDENTS, PUBLIC-ATTITUDES, TRANSPLANTATION, KNOWLEDGE, BEHAVIOR, TURKEY
  • Gazi University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Objectives: Transplanting is the sole therapy for the majority of organ insufficiencies, but the lack of organ donation limits transplanting. We evaluated the effect of education about "Organ Donation and Transplantation" over the false beliefs of the participants.