Religious and ethnic influences on willingness to donate organs and donor behavior: An Australian perspective

Progress in Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 161-168

  Wakefield, Claire E ^a   Reid, John ^b   Homewood, Judi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DONOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BUDDHISM; CHRISTIANITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ISLAM; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; RELIGION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 79961184610     PISSN: 15269248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7182/prtr.21.2.2071rgn834573152     Document Type: Review

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