Knowledge and attitudes of medical, nursing, dentistry and health technician students towards organ donation: A pilot study

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1371-1375

  Goz, Fugen ^a   Goz, Mustafa ^a   Erkan, Medine ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Knowledge; Nurses; Nursing; Organ; Organ donation; Student; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DENTAL STUDENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NURSING STUDENT; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, DENTAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, NURSING; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 33749852487     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01431.x     Document Type: Article

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