Racial disparities in organ donation and why

Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 243-249

  Bratton, Charles ^a   Chavin, Kenneth ^a   Baliga, Prabhakar ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; deceased and living donors; organ donation

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMORBIDITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MINORITY GROUP; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RACISM; RELIGION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AWARENESS; COMORBIDITY; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEAR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TRUST;

EID: 79954598435     PISSN: 10872418     EISSN: 15317013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOT.0b013e3283447b1c     Document Type: Article

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