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Table 1 Organ donation situational vignettes in think aloud interview

From: Reconsidering autonomy: Asian Americans’ use of relational autonomy in organ donation decisions

Scenario 1 - Organ Donor Designation

It is time for you to renew your driver’s license or state ID at your local motor vehicle agency. When you arrive, you are told to complete a form. One of the questions reads, “Would you like to register to be an organ and tissue donor?” What do you decide to do?

Scenario 2 - Donation at the Bedside

You receive a call from your local hospital and learn that an immediate family member of yours has been rushed to the emergency room after suffering an accident. You go to the hospital immediately. Unfortunately, you are told that your family member will not survive the accident. You are approached about the option to donate your family member’s organs and tissues for transplantation. Your family member did not designate themselves as an organ donor on their driver’s license and does not have a signed organ donor card. You also never discussed the possibility of donation with this family member. What do you do?