The determinants of the willingness to donate an organ among young adults: Evidence from the United States and the European Union

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2527-2538

  Mocan, Naci ^a   Tekin, Erdal ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

European Union (EU); Organ donation; USA; Young adults

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA SET; EDUCATION; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE; WOMENS STATUS;

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN UNION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POLICY; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTRUISM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36349008105     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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