Organ transplantation and magical thinking

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 883-887

  Vamos, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain death; Magical thinking; Organ donation; Survivor guilt; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEATH; CADAVER; CADAVER DONOR; DEATH; DISTRESS SYNDROME; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GUILT; HUMAN; LOGIC; MAGIC; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; REVIEW; RITUAL; SUPERSTITION; SURVIVOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; GUILT; HUMANS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 77958017258     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048674.2010.498786     Document Type: Review

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