Attitudes toward transplantation in U.K. Muslim Indo-Asians in West London

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1326-1331

  Alkhawari, Fawzi S ^a   Stimson, Gerry V ^a   Warrens, Anthony N ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Ethnicity; Islam; Organ donation; Religion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE; COMMUNITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MOSLEM; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIGION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ISLAM; LONDON; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEGATIVISM; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SOCIAL ALIENATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 20544434921     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2005.00814.x     Document Type: Article

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