Donating Blood: A Meta-Analytic Review of Self-Reported Motivators and Deterrents

Transfusion Medicine Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 317-334

  Bednall, Timothy C ^a,b   Bove, Liliana L ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHERESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; MARKETING; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL VALUE; PREVALENCE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; TAXONOMY;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD COMPONENT REMOVAL; BLOOD DONORS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MARKETING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; SELF EFFICACY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052830251     PISSN: 08877963     EISSN: 15329496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmrv.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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