Attitudes of Primary Care Professionals in Spain Toward Xenotransplantation

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 853-857

  Conesa, C ^b   Rios A ^a,b   Ramirez P ^a,b   Sanchez J ^d   Sanchez E ^d   Rodriguez M M ^b   Martinez L ^a   Fernandez O M ^c   Ramos, F ^d   Montoya, M J ^c   Parrilla, P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

^b Consejería de Sanidad ^*  (Spain)

^c Equipo de Atención Primaria de Espinardo ^*  (Spain)

^d ADAER   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KIDNEY GRAFT; LIVER GRAFT; LIVING DONOR; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING; OCCUPATION; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; SURGICAL PATIENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; XENOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPAIN; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 33746878496     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.02.025     Document Type: Article

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