Designing an educational strategy for increasing organ donor registration among older adults

Progress in Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 290-296

  Downing, Kimberly ^a   Jones, Linda L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b Lifeline of Ohio Organ Procurement   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DONOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; STATISTICS; TEACHING; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OHIO; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; TEACHING MATERIALS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 62449176903     PISSN: 15269248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/152692480801800412     Document Type: Article

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