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Organ donation campaign targets Hispanics.(Mundo Latino: news events)

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True or False? Emergency room doctors will not work as hard to save you if they know that you are an organ donor, The answer is false, but unfortunately this misconception is one of the main reasons Hispanics give for not wanting to be an organ donor. The Coalition on Donation, a not-for-profit alliance of national organizations and local affiliates formed to educate the public about organ donation, has launched the first-ever national advertising campaign called "Done Vida" to encourage Hispanics to get the real facts about organ donation. There are currently over 11,000 ...

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