{"title":"Motivational Factors Affecting Body and Organ Donation in China Identified Based on Grounded Theory.","authors":"Yunfeng Wang, Ping Dong, Yukun Zhou, Shanshan Gao, Luqing Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.transproceed.2024.11.005","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In recent decades, China has experienced a shortage of donated bodies and organs for dissection during medical education and clinical transplantation. This study investigated and analyzed motivational factors affecting body and organ donation in China.</p><p><strong>Methodology: </strong>Thirty-three body and organ donation volunteers were interviewed in-depth, and their donation motivations were investigated. The data were decomposed, detected, compared, conceptualized, and categorized using open, correlation, and selective coding based on grounded theory.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results were used to construct a model that elucidates the foundation of body and organ donation based on \"humanistic medical care\" and \"death in existentialism\" as driving forces for body and organ donors.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study provides new theoretical perspectives that contribute to interpreting behavior related to body and organ donation and offers a theoretical basis for related policymaking and promotional work.</p>","PeriodicalId":94258,"journal":{"name":"Transplantation proceedings","volume":" ","pages":"2115-2123"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Transplantation proceedings","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2024.11.005","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2024/11/27 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Background: In recent decades, China has experienced a shortage of donated bodies and organs for dissection during medical education and clinical transplantation. This study investigated and analyzed motivational factors affecting body and organ donation in China.
Methodology: Thirty-three body and organ donation volunteers were interviewed in-depth, and their donation motivations were investigated. The data were decomposed, detected, compared, conceptualized, and categorized using open, correlation, and selective coding based on grounded theory.
Results: The results were used to construct a model that elucidates the foundation of body and organ donation based on "humanistic medical care" and "death in existentialism" as driving forces for body and organ donors.
Conclusions: This study provides new theoretical perspectives that contribute to interpreting behavior related to body and organ donation and offers a theoretical basis for related policymaking and promotional work.