Attitudes and opinions on organ donation: An opportunity to educate in a Canadian city

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Lee, Edward ^a   Midodizi, William ^b   Gourishankar, Sita ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Public Health Division   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Beliefs; Canada; Organ donation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649889504     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2010.01260.x     Document Type: Article

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