Discussion of posthumous organ donation in Chinese families

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-54

  Wu, Anise Man Sze ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Chinese; Death anxiety; Family discussion; Organ donation; Subjective norm

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHINESE; DEATH ANXIETY SCALE; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CADAVER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACAO; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 36849067038     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548500701351992     Document Type: Article

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