Attitude toward organ donation: A survey in Pakistan

Artificial Organs

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 899-905

  Ashraf, Omer ^a,b   Ali, Saad ^b   Ali, Sumbul A ^b   Ali, Hina ^b   Alam, Mehrulnisa ^b   Ali, Arshad ^b   Ali, Talaha M ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Attitude; Knowledge; Organ donation; Pakistan; Practices; Survey

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; DATA COLLECTION; KNOWLEDGE; ORGAN DONATIONS; PAKISTAN; PRACTICE; SAMPLE SIZES; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS; SYSTEMATIC SAMPLING; WILLINGNESS TO DONATE;

SURVEYS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTPATIENT; PAKISTAN; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; LIVING DONOR; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; STATISTICS; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PAKISTAN; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 33644801066     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2005.00153.x     Document Type: Article

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