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Religion a Key Factor for Donation
A study in 2002 by the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health in the journal Medical Care confirmed that religious misconceptions were one of the major reasons why more people, particularly minorities, do not become blood and organ donors. L. Ebony Boulware, M.D., M.P.H., was the lead author of the study. From the New York Organ Donor Network's publication, On The Beat, read our interview with her.
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