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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 27.
Published in final edited form as: Ethn Dis. 2010 Summer;20(3):276–281.
Scale Questions
Factor 1
ProDonation
  • If a person has signed the organ donor registry, doctors won’t try as hard to save that person’s life.

  • Hospitals do not give African Americans the same quality of care that they give to Whites.

  • Organs can be bought and sold in the United States.

  • If a person has donated his or her organs, it is impossible for that person to have a regular funeral service.

  • It costs a donor family money to donate organs.

  • Organ donation is against the rules of my religion.

  • In general, doctors give preference to White people over Black people when deciding who will receive an organ.

Factor 2
Altruism
  • Organ donation is an act of charity. (reverse coded)

  • Organ donation allows something positive to come out of a person’s death. (reverse coded)

Factor 3
Cultural responsibility
  • Organ donation is part of my responsibility to the Black community. (reverse coded)