Factors associated with positive attitudes toward organ donation in Arab Americans

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 800-808

  Padela, Aasim I ^a   Rasheed, Shoaib ^a   Warren, Gareth J W ^a   Choi, Hwajung ^a   Mathur, Amit K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arab Americans; Beliefs; Cadaveric organ donation; Minority organ donation; Muslim

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRISTIAN; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MOSLEM; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARABS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PROGNOSIS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954457604     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2010.01382.x     Document Type: Article

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