African-American reluctance to donate: Beliefs and attitudes about organ donation and implications for policy

Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-74

  Siminoff, Laura A ^a   Saunders Sturm, Christina M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DETROIT; DONOR; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FAMILY; FEE; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; MINORITY GROUP; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POLICY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; TALLAHASSEE; TRANSPLANTATION; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

DETROIT; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; TALLAHASSEE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALTRUISM; ATTITUDE; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; FEES AND CHARGES; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISTORY; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHILADELPHIA; PREJUDICE; PRESUMED CONSENT; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STATISTICS; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034154916     PISSN: 10546863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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