Table 3.
Hispanic/Latina and Asian Americans’ need for detailed knowledge about the tissue donation process.
| HISPANICS/LATINAS |
ASIAN AMERICANS |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.” |