Stimulus for organ donation: a survey of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons membership

J R Rodrigue; K Crist; J P Roberts; R B Freeman Jr; R M Merion; A I Reed

doi:10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.02741.x

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Stimulus for organ donation: a survey of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons membership

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Stimulus for organ donation: a survey of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons membership

J R Rodrigue, K Crist, J P Roberts, R B Freeman Jr, R M Merion and A I Reed

American journal of transplantation, Vol.9(9), pp.2172-2176

09/2009

DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.02741.x

PMID: 19624568

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Abstract

Federal legislation has been proposed to modify the National Organ Transplant Act in a way that would permit government-regulated strategies, including financial incentives, to be implemented and evaluated. The Council and Ethics Committee of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons conducted a brief web-based survey of its members' (n = 449, 41.6% response rate) views on acceptable or unacceptable strategies to increase organ donation. The majority of the membership supports reimbursement for funeral expenses, an income tax credit on the final return of a deceased donor and an income tax credit for registering as an organ donor as strategies for increasing deceased donation. Payment for lost wages, guaranteed health insurance and an income tax credit are strategies most strongly supported by the membership to increase living donation. For both deceased and living donation, the membership is mostly opposed to cash payments to donors, their estates or to next-of-kin. There is strong support for a government-regulated trial to evaluate the potential benefits and harms of financial incentives for both deceased and living donation. Overall, there is strong support within the ASTS membership for changes to NOTA that would permit the implementation and careful evaluation of indirect, government-regulated strategies to increase organ donation.

Family

Public Policy

Humans

Internet

Motivation

Organ Transplantation - methods

Organ Transplantation - psychology

Societies

Surveys and Questionnaires

Tissue and Organ Procurement

Tissue Donors - psychology

Waiting Lists

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Title: Subtitle: Stimulus for organ donation: a survey of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons membership
Creators: J R Rodrigue - Harvard University
K Crist - American Society of Transplantation
J P Roberts - University of California, San Francisco
R B Freeman Jr
R M Merion - University of Michigan
A I Reed - University of Iowa
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: American journal of transplantation, Vol.9(9), pp.2172-2176
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.02741.x
PMID: 19624568
NLM abbreviation: Am J Transplant
ISSN: 1600-6135
eISSN: 1600-6143
Language: English
Date published: 09/2009
Academic Unit: Accounting; Surgery
Record Identifier: 9984321867402771

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