Are organ donation attitudes and beliefs, empathy, and Life orientation related to donor registration status?

Progress in Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 56-60

  Rodrigue, James R ^a   Cornell, Danielle L ^b   Jackson, Shannon I ^a   Kanasky, William ^a   Marhefka, Stephanie ^a   Reed, Alan I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

^b LifeQuest Organ Recovery Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTRATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642275596     PISSN: 15269248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7182/prtr.14.1.t440752337217278     Document Type: Article

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