Knowledge and attitude regarding organ donation among medical students and physicians

Transplantation

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1714-1718

  Schaeffner, Elke S ^a,d   Windisch, Wolfram ^a   Freidel, Klaus ^b   Breitenfeldt, Kristin ^a   Winkelmayer, Wolfgang C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b ST JOSEFS HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 2942691852     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200406150-00015     Document Type: Article

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