The tissue donation experience: A comparison of donor and nondonor families

Progress in Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 258-264

  Rodrigue, James R ^a   Scott, Michael P ^b   Oppenheim, Anneliese R ^c  

^a Ctr for Behavioral Health Research   (United States)

^b Southeast Tissue Alliance   (United States)

^c Oppenheim Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0348141721     PISSN: 15269248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7182/prtr.13.4.d532l23n9433212p     Document Type: Article

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