Similarity not favourability: The role of donor prototypes in predicting willingness to donate organs while living

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 888-898

  Hyde, Melissa K ^a   White, Katherine M ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Donor prototypes; Living organ donation; Moral norm; Organ donation; Prototype willingness model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DONOR SELECTION; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIVING DONOR; MALE; MORALITY; ORGAN DONOR; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECIPIENT; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349777781     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105309340990     Document Type: Article

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