Do medical students have the knowledge needed to maximize organ donation rates?

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 453-457

  Bardell, Trevor ^a   Hunter, Duncan J W ^a   Kent, William D T ^a   Jain, Minto K ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; ONTARIO; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 0642287891     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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