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. 2022 Mar 18;27:100910. doi: 10.1016/j.conctc.2022.100910

Table 3.

Hispanic/Latina and Asian Americans’ need for detailed knowledge about the tissue donation process.

HISPANICS/LATINAS
ASIAN AMERICANS
CODE RESPONSES QUOTE(S) CODE RESPONSES QUOTE(S)
Education about recovery or post-op 5 (38%) “Am I going to be able to exercise? Am I going to be able to lift my child … recovery time and symptoms are missing and they're important.” 

“I wanted to know more if there are any complications like risk of infection.”
Education about consent process 4 (24%) “So there's not a consent that has all this info, these risks, these potential risks and stuff?” 

“… want to know as much information as possible, even beyond what the informed consent.”
Education about effect on breast-feeding 2 (15%) “After you do this, can you continue to breastfeed or does it affect – I was going to ask, does this affect my milk supply? Milk ducts? Anything going on because I'm going to breastfeed my future kids.” Education about cosmetic effect 4 (24%) “… is it going to disfigure my breast? Is it going to leave me lopsided?” 

“… putting into perspective how much of tissue you actually have and how much is actually taken.”