Organ donors and nondonors: An American dilemma

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 2419-2424

  Peters, Thomas G ^a   Kittur, Dilip S ^b   McGaw, L J ^c   First, M Roy ^d   Nelson, Edward W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CADAVER DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; COMPREHENSION; DIRECTED DONATION; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FAMILY MEMBERS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; INCENTIVES; INTENTION; JUSTICE; ORGAN DONATION; REMUNERATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISKS AND BENEFITS; SCARCITY; SELECTION FOR TREATMENT; SURVEY; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

COMPREHENSION; DIRECTED TISSUE DONATION; FOCUS GROUPS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTENTION; MOTIVATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029821471     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.21.2419     Document Type: Article

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