This article reports on the process and outcomes of a systematic integrative literature review,
designed to enhance understanding of the factors influencing bereaved families' decisions …

A recurrent observation in the field of organ donation is that organ demand exceeds supply.
Organ donation promotion is therefore required in order to diminish this gap. In this article …

Drawing on theories of social learning, social representations and the organ donation
model, online surveys were used to examine the impact of organ donation storylines of 4 US …

Researchers are already aware that decision making about health issues is not necessarily
driven by rational or cognitive-based decision-making processes. This appears to be …

This multisite, qualitative study of 78 family-pair dyads provides rich data on the reasons
people cite for (not) wanting to sign an organ donor card in the context of family …

Background Many individuals are unwilling to become posthumous organ donors, resulting
in a disparity between the supply and demand for organ transplants. A meta-synthesis of the …

This study examines the content of and audience response to organ donation videos on
YouTube, a Web 2.0 platform, with framing theory. Positive frames were identified in both …

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Researchers and practitioners who have sought to understand public reluctance to donating
organs in spite of favorable attitudes toward organ donation have long thought that belief in …

Social representations theory (SRT) has been underused in the communication field. This
theory helps explain the interrelationships between interpersonal communication, cognition …