Cultural sensitivity in the donation discussion

Progress in Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-37

  Verble, Margaret ^a   Worth, Judy ^a  

^a Verble Worth and Verble   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; ORGAN DONOR; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037335957     PISSN: 15269248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7182/prtr.13.1.0487n378n55w8157     Document Type: Review

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