Public attitudes toward incentives for organ donation: A national study of different racial/ethnic and income groups

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2774-2785

  Boulware, L E ^a,b,c   Troll, M U ^a,c   Wang, N Y ^a,c   Powe, N R ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Ethnicity; Incentives; Income; Organ donation; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CADAVER DONOR; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; INSURANCE; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; MONEY; ORGAN DONOR; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REIMBURSEMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CADAVER; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEPHONE; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750033624     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01532.x     Document Type: Article

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