Development of a questionnaire to assess attitudes and beliefs toward organ donation among Asians

Progress in Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 289-295

  Jindal, Rahul M ^a   Joseph, John T ^b   Baines, Lyndsay S ^c  

^a Sioux Valley Hospital University of South Dakota Medical Center   (United States)

^b ROYAL BOURNEMOUTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0346341033     PISSN: 15269248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7182/prtr.13.4.y93144665278h774     Document Type: Article

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