Doctors more likely than public to sign up for organ donation: study

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Doctors more likely than public to sign up for organ donation: study

By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doctors are almost twice as likely as the general public to be registered organ donors, according to a study of Canadian physicians. “A common myth is that physicians won't work as hard to save the lives of patients if they know they are registered for organ donation,” said lead author Alvin Ho-ting Li. “These findings can help dispel that myth,” said Li, of Western University in London, Ontario, who worked on the study. Li and his team used cross-referenced data on 15,000 active physicians in Ontario in 2013 and 60,000 residents similar in age, sex, income and residential neighborhood with an organ donor registry.

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