Moderating Role of Religiosity and the Determinants to Attitude,Willingness to Donate and Willingness to Communicate Posthumous Organ Donation Decisions among University Students in Pakistan
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Moderating Role of Religiosity and the Determinants to Attitude,Willingness to Donate and Willingness to Communicate Posthumous Organ Donation Decisions among University Students in Pakistan
Organ transplantation is considered an alternative treatment to save lives or to improve the quality of life and is a successful method for the treatment of patients with end-stage organ diseases. The main objective of the current study was to explore the determinants of the attitudes and willingness to communicate the posthumous organ donation decisions to the families. Questionnaires were used to test the hypothesized relationships. The results confirmed altruism, knowledge, empathy, and self-identity as the antecedents to attitude. We also found perceived behavioral control, moral norms, and attitude as significant antecedents to the willingness to donate organs after death. The results of the study also indicated that those who were willing to sign the donor card were also willing to communicate their decision to their families. Religiosity moderated the relationship between willingness to donate and signing the donor card, and it strengthened the relationship. The findings of this study would provide insight into the factors which can influence posthumous organ donation among university students in Pakistan.
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