Leading the flock: Organ donation feelings, beliefs, and intentions among African American clergy and community residents

Progress in Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 211-216

  Davis, Kimberly ^a   Holtzman, Samuel ^a   Durand, Roger ^b   Decker, Phillip J ^b   Zucha, Bryanne ^b   Atkins, Lamon ^a  

^a LifeGift Organ Donation Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CLERGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EMOTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; THINKING; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLERGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; PASTORAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROTESTANTISM; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; TEXAS; THINKING; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33644693287     PISSN: 15269248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/152692480501500303     Document Type: Article

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