An international opinion poll of well-educated people regarding awareness and feelings about organ donation for transplantation

Transplant International

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 512-518

  Cantarovich, Félix ^a,b   Heguilén, Ricardo ^b   Filho, Mario Abbud ^c   Duro Garcia, Valter ^d   Fitzgerald, Robert ^e   Mayrhofer Reinhartshuber, David ^f   Lavitrano, Maria Luisa ^g   Esnault, Vincent L M ^h  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b Catholic University   (Argentina)

^c FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PRETO   (Brazil)

^d Complexo Hospitalar Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericordia de Porto Alegre ^*  (Brazil)

^e LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^f Health care Communication   (Austria)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^h PASTEUR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Ethics; Organ donation; Religion; Survey; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AWARENESS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; SOUTH AMERICA; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 34247863963     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2007.00473.x     Document Type: Article

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