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Organ Donation Robert talks with Barry A. Hong, the principal investigator for the study "The Stability of Family Decisions to Consent or Refuse Organ Donation: Would You Do It Again?" The study appears in today's issue of "Psychosomatic Medicine." He's also an associate professor of psychiatry and medicine at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, where he specializes in the psychology of organ transplantation. Hong talks about the study, which indicates that 20 percent of the families of organ donors say that they would NOT consent to have family organs donated again.

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Organ Donation

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Organ Donation

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Robert talks with Barry A. Hong, the principal investigator for the study "The Stability of Family Decisions to Consent or Refuse Organ Donation: Would You Do It Again?" The study appears in today's issue of "Psychosomatic Medicine." He's also an associate professor of psychiatry and medicine at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, where he specializes in the psychology of organ transplantation. Hong talks about the study, which indicates that 20 percent of the families of organ donors say that they would NOT consent to have family organs donated again.