The negative impact of death anxiety on self-efficacy and willingness to donate organs among Chinese adults

Death Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-72

  Wu, Anise M S ^a   Tang, Catherine So Kum ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; DECISION MAKING; DONOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHINA; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIOLOGY; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 57649129145     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180802494172     Document Type: Article

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