Donor designation: Racial and ethnic differences in US nondesignators' preferred methods for disclosing intent to donate organs

Transplant International

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 999-1007

  Purnell, Tanjala S ^a,b   Powe, Neil R ^c   Troll, Misty U ^b   Wang, Nae Yuh ^a,b,d   Laveist, Thomas A ^a   Boulware, L Ebony ^a,b,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

deceased organ donation; donor designation; minority donation; organ transplantation; public attitudes; racial disparities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DONOR SELECTION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISCLOSURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TISSUE DONORS; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052551508     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2011.01301.x     Document Type: Article

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