Emigration from the British Isles to southeastern Spain: A study of attitudes toward organ donation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2020-2030

  Rios A ^a,b   Cascales, P ^a,b   Martinez L ^a,b   Sanchez J ^c   Jarvis, N ^a   Parrilla, P ^a   Ramirez P ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

^b Consejería de Sanidad ^*  (Spain)

^c Asociacion de Ayuda al Enfermo Renal ADAER   (Spain)

Author keywords

Attitude; British; Cadaver; Family; General population; Irish; Organ donation; Spain psychosocial factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUTOMUTILATION; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 34447125696     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2007.01879.x     Document Type: Article

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