Are organ donation communication decisions reasoned or reactive? A test of the utility of an augmented theory of planned behaviour with the prototype/willingness model

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 435-452

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

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; DONOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGISTER; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENTION; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; MOTIVATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUEENSLAND; REGISTRIES; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS; TISSUE DONORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951578676     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910709X468232     Document Type: Article

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