Negative attitudes and feelings of well-educated people about organ donation for transplantation [2]

Transplant International

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 906-907

  Verheijde, Joseph L ^a   Rady, Mohamed Y ^a   McGregor, Joan L ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Organ donation; Organ procurement; Religions

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ATTITUDE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LETTER; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MORTALITY; OPERATING ROOM; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; SOCIAL ASPECT; STANDARDIZATION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMANS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 34548576917     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2007.00531.x     Document Type: Letter

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