Short communication cognitive obstacles against organ donation: The influence of negative attitudes, norms, and traditional beliefs on chinese people's intention to donate organs after death

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-93

  Wu, Anise M S ^a   Lu, Lu Sha ^b  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b FUJIAN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Beliefs; Intention; Norms; Organ donation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953761136     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.1054     Document Type: Article

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