Understanding the role of clergy in African American organ and tissue donation decision-making

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 465-482

  Arriola, Kimberly R Jacob ^a   Perryman, Jennie P ^b   Doldren, Michelle A ^c   Warren, Carmen M ^d   Robinson, Dana H Z ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Institute for Child Health Policy   (United States)

^d ORC Macro ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Clergy; Kidney; Organ and Tissue Donation; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLERGY; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLERGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GEORGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SPIRITUALITY; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

ATLANTA; GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35848965500     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850701616896     Document Type: Article

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