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Increasing Organ Donation Rates in Ohio Using Gratuity-Based Legislation: A Historical Review and Proposal

Thiese, Suzanna R.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1494600930256809

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2017, BS, Kent State University, College of Nursing.
Every other day, one Ohioan dies waiting for a life-saving transplant (The Need - Nationwide to Stateside, 2015). A single donor can save up to eight lives through organ donation. Nationally, 79 life-saving transplantations are performed every day. However, in that same period of time, 21 people from the waiting list will die as a result of a lack of available organs (The Need - Nationwide to Stateside, 2015). A lack of available organs stems from a knowledge deficit of the process (Lopez-Montesinos et al., 2010). A strengthening of organ donation education will lay the foundation to prove the Economic Theory of Incentives. Individuals respond to incentives, and individuals wish to carry on the legacy of their loved one who has passed. Legislative policy needs to be created to inspire people in favor of donation. The creation of legislation that allows financial support for funeral and burial expenses by compensation to the funeral home or provide a donation to a charity dear to the family, via state supported funds to the family of the donor, will convey gratitude for the life-saving gift.
Yvonne Smith, Dr. (Advisor)
Timothy Meyers, Dr. (Advisor)
Thomas Brewer, Dr. (Committee Member)
Amy Veney (Committee Member)
44 p.
Nursing
Organ donation; organ donation legislation; nursing; gratuity policies; funeral reimbursement; Ohio; organ donation in Ohio;

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  • Thiese, S. R. (2017). Increasing Organ Donation Rates in Ohio Using Gratuity-Based Legislation: A Historical Review and Proposal [Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1494600930256809

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Thiese, Suzanna. Increasing Organ Donation Rates in Ohio Using Gratuity-Based Legislation: A Historical Review and Proposal. 2017. Kent State University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1494600930256809.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Thiese, Suzanna. "Increasing Organ Donation Rates in Ohio Using Gratuity-Based Legislation: A Historical Review and Proposal." Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1494600930256809

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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