Deciding on cadaveric organ donation in Black African families

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 473-478

  Kometsi, K ^a   Louw, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ancestry; Crime; Cultural characteristics; Grief; Interviews; Organ donation; Religious beliefs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; CADAVER DONOR; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; VIOLENCE;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CADAVER; HUMANS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 0033407422     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0012.1999.130606.x     Document Type: Article

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