Attitudes toward organ donation and donor behavior: A review of the international literature

Progress in Transplantation

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 380-391

  Wakefield, Claire E ^a,b   Watts, Kaaren J ^a,b   Homewood, Judi ^c   Meiser, Bettina ^a,b   Siminoff, Laura A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTRUISM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTRUISM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 79952204455     PISSN: 15269248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7182/prtr.20.4.p54651601pg80183     Document Type: Review

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