Creating persuasive messages advocating organ donation

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-87

  Weber, Keith ^a   Martin, Matthew M ^a   Members of COMM 401, ^a   Corrigan, Michael ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Organ donation; Persuasive messages; Theory of reasoned action

Indexed keywords

EID: 34948885632     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463370500270413     Document Type: Article

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