Moral contagion attitudes towards potential organ transplants in British and Japanese adults

Journal of Cognition and Culture

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 269-286

  Hood, Bruce M ^a   Gjersoe, Nathalia L ^a   Donnelly, Katherine ^a   Byers, Alison ^a   Itajkura, Shoji ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Moral contagion; organ transplantation; sympathetic magical thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052978673     PISSN: 15677095     EISSN: 15685373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853711X591251     Document Type: Article

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