Knowledge, attitudes, practices and behaviors regarding deceased organ donation and transplantation in Malaysia's multi-ethnic society: A baseline study

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Wong, Li Ping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Attitude; Knowledge; Organ donation; Practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CADAVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PROGNOSIS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551715844     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2010.01312.x     Document Type: Article

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