Personality and motivation for body donation

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 112-117

  Bolt, Sophie ^a   Eisinga, Rob ^a   Venbrux, Eric ^a   Kuks, Jan B M ^b   Gerrits, Peter O ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Altruism; Anatomy; Big Five; Body donor; Gift giving; Motivation for donation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTRUISM; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CONSCIENCE; FEMALE; GIFT GIVING; HUMAN; INTROVERSION; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROSIS; ORGAN DONOR; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOMETRY; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALTRUISM; FEMALE; HUMAN BODY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 79952101320     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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