Willingness to communicate organ donation intention: Populations at risk across the lifespan: Empirical studies

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-159

  McDonald, Deborah Dillon ^a,d   Ferreri, Ruth ^a   Jin, Carol ^b   Mendez, Anthea ^a   Smail, Julie ^a   Balcom, Patricia ^c   Shoemaker, Sheila ^c   Kamuzora, Paul Lwekaza ^a   Durham, Rebecca ^a   Dibble, Jaqueline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Evercare Connecticut   (United States)

^c HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; End of life; Organ donation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 33847183180     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2007.00619.x     Document Type: Article

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