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Table 5 Reasons for refusing to donate organs after death

From: Undergraduate medical, health science, and technical students’ attitudes and knowledge on organ donation and transplantation

 

Medical students

Health science students

Technical students

All

Don’t have enough knowledge or information about organ donation.

4/42

2/42

16/42

22/42

Personal reasons

3/42

3/42

2/42

8/42

Religious or philosophical reasons

1/42

3/42

4/42

8/42

Organs might end up being given to someone who does not deserve them

3/42

2/42

3/42

8/42

Belief that one’s organs do not qualify

-

-

7/42

7/42

Doubts related to brain-death diagnosis

1/42

-

3/42

4/42

Do not trust the healthcare system

-

-

1/42

1/42