"A major obstacle here is that people think of the heart as representing one's very personality and thoughts," comments Dr. Chu Shu-hsun. So long as a patient can totter a few steps out of bed he is not interested in a heart transplant, and by the time he realizes the seriousness of his own condition it may be too late to find a suitable donor.
「國人有個很大的障礙，就是認為心代表了整個人的人格、思想」，朱樹勳醫師表示，這種關念導致病人只要能下床走幾步，都不願換心，等到自知情況嚴重，願意換心時，往往碰不到合適的捐贈者，最後抱憾去世。