Assessing racial and ethnic differences in medical student knowledge, attitudes and behaviors regarding organ donation

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-137

  Edwards, Teresa M ^a,d   Essman, Christian ^a,c   Thornton, J Daryl ^a,b,d  

^a MetroHealth Medical Center ^*

^b Office of Admissions   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Knowledge; Organ donation; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MINORITY GROUP; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OHIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 33847170329     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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