Social representations and themata: The construction and functioning of social knowledge about donation and transplantation

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 415-441

  Moloney, Gail ^a,b   Hall, Rob ^c   Walker, Lain ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Environmetrics Pty   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRANSPLANTATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS;

EID: 25444493134     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466605X42246     Document Type: Article

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