Young Australian adults' knowledge and beliefs about organ donation

Progress in Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 220-227

  Hyde, Melissa K ^a   White, Katherine M ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 34548779146     PISSN: 15269248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/152692480701700310     Document Type: Article

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