A survey of the public attitudes towards organ donation in a Turkish community and of the changes that have taken place in the last 12 years

Transplant International

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 126-130

  Bilgel, Halil ^a   Sadikoglu, Ganime ^a   Goktas, Olgun ^a   Bilgel, Nazan ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Organ donation; Public attitudes; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TURKEY;

EID: 2442668861     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2004.tb00416.x     Document Type: Article

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