The influence of race on approaching families for organ donation and their decision to donate

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 244-247

  Guadagnoli, Edward ^a   McNamara, Patrick ^b   Evanisko, Michael J ^b   Beasley, Carol ^b   Callender, Clive O ^c   Poretsky, Andrea ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Partnership for Organ Donation   (United States)

^c HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGAN DONOR; RACE DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0032978486     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.2.244     Document Type: Article

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