Life and death decisions: Using school-based health education to facilitate family discussion about organ and tissue donation

Death Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 643-657

  Waldrop, Deborah P ^a   Tamburlin, Judith A ^a   Thompson, Sanna J ^b   Simon, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c Upstate New York Transplant Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; DONOR; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ORGAN DONOR; SCHOOL;

ADOLESCENT; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4143116026     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180490476489     Document Type: Article

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