Factors Associated with Health Care Professionals’ Attitude Toward the Presumed Consent System

Abstract

Health care professionals in Malaysia have a relatively negative attitude toward the presumed consent system, which does not encourage the implementation of this system in the country at present. To pave the way for a successful implementation of the presumed consent system, efforts should be initiated to enhance the attitude of health care professionals toward this system. In particular, these efforts should at most target the health care professionals who are Malay, earn a low income, and have a negative default attitude toward deceased donation.

Knowledge, Attitudes and Intention to Donate Organs among the Public, Health Sciences Students and Health Personnel: A Scoping Review with a Systematic Review of Malaysian Studies

“…Many healthcare professionals are also against implementing a presumed consent system despite supporting organ donation. Tumin et al ( 23 ) found that almost half (45.8%) of the surveyed healthcare professionals objected to donating their organs if a presumed consent system was in place, with most of them who were initially unwilling to donate were from the Malay ethnic group or had incomes of RM3,000 or lower. Malaysia is not ready to move towards a presumed consent system if healthcare professionals are not keen on the idea, as they are a major factor in organ donation advocacy.…”

“…Malaysia is not ready to move towards a presumed consent system if healthcare professionals are not keen on the idea, as they are a major factor in organ donation advocacy. More studies should be done to understand this pattern to identify solutions and raise confidence in the organ donation system ( 23 ).…”

In search of the best organ donation legislative system for Hong Kong: further research is needed

“…Moreover, the opinion of health care professionals on donation legislative systems is critical in this context, as they play a vital role in facilitating the process of donation and transplantation. 5 Although the findings of Cheung et al 2 are imperative, more accurate policy recommendations in this context require further studies to investigate willingness to donate under an opt-out system with allocation priority as well as health care professionals' opinion of donation legislative systems in Hong Kong.…”