Effects of Anonymous Information about Potential Organ Transplant Recipients on Attitudes Toward Organ Transplantation and the Willingness to Donate Organs

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 469-476

  Singh, Michelle ^a   Katz, Roger C ^a   Beauchamp, Kenneth ^a   Hannon, Roseann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Education about organ donation; Organ transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COLLEGE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; STUDENT; VIDEORECORDING; ADOLESCENT; ALTRUISM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DONOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTRUISM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE DONORS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0036783212     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020471007837     Document Type: Article

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