Journal of emergency nursing : JEN : official publication of the Emergency Department Nurses Association
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The need for increasing organ donation among African Americans and Hispanic Americans: an overview.
Other groups in the United States could no doubt benefit from attention to the issue of organ donation, but I was unable to collect any data on the cultural beliefs and perspectives of the Asian American population, for example, regarding organ donation. We know that most Asian countries, such as Japan, have only recently begun organ donation programs. The United States represents one of the most culturally heterogeneous populations in the world today. ⋯ When the manuscript and educational displays were completed, representatives from the Wisconsin Donor Network attended a reception at the school held during National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week. Accompanying them was a young 27-year-old recipient of a heart transplant. As a result of his visit, faculty and students (even "skeptics") were inspired to become organ or tissue donors by signing the back of their driver's licenses and became committed to educating others about the issue.