Examining the decision to talk with family about organ donation: Applying the theory of motivated information management

Communication Monographs

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 188-215

  Afifi, Walid A ^a   Morgan, Susan E ^b   Stephenson, Michael T ^c   Morse, Chris ^d   Harrison, Tyler ^b   Reichert, Tom ^e   Long, Shawn D ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Family Communication; Information Seeking; Organ Donation; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646777753     PISSN: 03637751     EISSN: 14795787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03637750600690700     Document Type: Article

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