Factors Limiting Deceased Organ Donation: Focus Groups' Perspective From Culturally Diverse Community

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1439-1444

  Wong, L P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; COMMUNITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953806003     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.11.053     Document Type: Article

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