Psychosocial factors influencing nurses' involvement with organ and tissue donation

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 429-440

  Kent, Bridie ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Organ donation; Theory of planned behaviour; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; ORGAN DONOR; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KNOWLEDGE; PSYCHOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

DATA COLLECTION; GREAT BRITAIN; KNOWLEDGE; NURSES; PSYCHOLOGY; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 0036583118     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7489(01)00045-1     Document Type: Article

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