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. 2022 Sep 15;7(12):2737-2740.
doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2022.09.009. eCollection 2022 Dec.

Attitudes of the Brazilian Population Toward Organ Donation

Paulo Lisboa Bittencourt  1   2 , Liana Codes  1 , Elodie Bomfim Hyppolito  3   4 , Heloisa Furia Cesar  5 , José A Moura-Neto  2 , Maria Lucia Gomes Ferraz  6
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Attitudes of the Brazilian Population Toward Organ Donation

Paulo Lisboa Bittencourt et al. Kidney Int Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: family refusal; organ donation; transplantation.

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Answers to questions (a) related to attitudes regarding PMOD and (b) reasons against PMOD. Q1: In case of death, would you like to donate your organs?; Q2: If your decision is not to become an organ donor in case of death, for which reasons below you don’t want to donate your organs?; Q3 If your decision is to become an organ donor in case of death, does your family know about your will to donate your organs?; Q4: Do you know any relative or friend who underwent organ transplantation or were on the waiting list for transplantation?. PMOD, postmortem organ donation.
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