Correlates of support for organ donation among three ethnic groups

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 1 I, 1999, Pages 45-50

  McNamara, Patrick ^a   Guadagnoli, Edward ^b   Evanisko, Michael J ^a   Beasley, Carol ^a   Santiago Delpin, Eduardo A ^c   Callender, Clive O ^d   Christiansen, Elaine ^e  

^a Partnership for Organ Donation   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Auxilio Mutuo Hospital   (Puerto Rico)

^d HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Gallup Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life decisions; Ethnicity; Organ donation; Organ procurement; Race; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033031915     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0012.1999.t01-2-130107.x     Document Type: Article

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