Between commodification and altruism: Gender imbalance and attitudes towards organ donation. A representative survey of the German community

Journal of Gender Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 251-255

  Decker, Oliver ^a   Winter, Merve ^b   Brahler, Elmar ^a   Beutel, Manfred ^c  

^a Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gender imbalance; Incentives; Opting in vs. opting out solution; Organ donation

Indexed keywords

EID: 48349107550     PISSN: 09589236     EISSN: 14653869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09589230802204290     Document Type: Article

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