African American consent and nonconsent cases: Are there significant differences?

Progress in Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 215-219

  Dodd McCue, Diane ^a   Tartaglia, Alexander ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT SATISFACTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 34548799735     PISSN: 15269248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/152692480701700309     Document Type: Article

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