Family experiences of tissue donation in Australia

Progress in Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 52-56

  Wilson, Penelope ^a   Sexton, Wendy ^a   Singh, Andrea ^a   Smith, Melissa ^b   Durham, Stephanie ^c   Cowie, Anne ^d   Fritschi, Lin ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^c LIONS EYE INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d Perth Bone and Tissue Bank Inc   (Australia)

^e Cancer Council of Queensland   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFTERCARE; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DONOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY; GRIEF; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MOTIVATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFTERCARE; ALTRUISM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; GRIEF; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MOTIVATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33744550092     PISSN: 15269248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/152692480601600111     Document Type: Article

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