'Opting-in or opting-out?'-The views of the UK's faith leaders in relation to organ donation

Health Policy

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-44

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Organ Donation Taskforce   (United Kingdom)

^c Central Office for Information   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Opting in; Opting out; Organ donation; Religion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INTERVIEW; LEADERSHIP; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RELIGION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PUBLIC OPINION; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 77952885920     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2009.12.012     Document Type: Article

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