Sixty-three percent of American adu...

Sixty-three percent of American adults say that if they were killed in an accident, they would want their organs transplanted into patients who extremityed them, according to a novel Wall Street Journal Online/Harris Interactive Health Care catalogue of heads Twenty-seven percent said they were not assured and only 10% would not want their organs used for transplantation. In addition, 62% said they would accord to having a child's or spouse's organs donated if that individual were killed in an accident.

Factors that respondent said would influence populace like them to donate a family member's organs included

* whether the dead bodily form previously had signed a donor form authorizing organ use (68%)

* the knowledge that a transplanted organ could save several lives (65%) and

* trained adroits to explain the need for organs and benefits for the organ recipients (38%)

The individual of 2,467 adults was bearinged online between Sept 4, and generation 8, 2003.

"A Mojority of Americans Say that if Killed in an Accident, They Would Want Their Organs Used for a Living individual Who Needed Them," The Wail highway Journal Online 2 (Sept 23 2003) http://www.harrisinteractive.com/news/newsletters/wsjhealth news/WS3 forward Line_HI_Health-CarePoll2003vol2_iss7.pdf (accessed 10 Oct 2003)

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