Faith leaders united in their support for organ donation: Findings from the UK organ donation taskforce study

Transplant International

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 140-146

  Randhawa, Gurch ^a,c   Brocklehurst, Anna ^b   Pateman, Ruth ^b   Kinsella, Suzannah ^b   Parry, Vivienne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Central Office for Information (COI)   (United Kingdom)

^c Organ Donation Taskforce   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Faith; Organ donation; Religion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; UNITED KINGDOM;

CULTURE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; PUBLIC OPINION; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 73449149043     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2009.00952.x     Document Type: Article

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