A quantitative survey of western muslim attitudes to solid organ donation

Transplantation

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1108-1114

  Sharif, Adnan ^a   Jawad, Haifaa ^b   Nightingale, Peter ^c   Hodson, James ^c   Lipkin, Graham ^a   Cockwell, Paul ^a   Ball, Simon ^a   Borrows, Richard ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Islam; Muslim; Organ donation; Organ procurement; Religion; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; MOSLEM; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIGION; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW; SOLID ORGAN DONATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 80855132709     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e318231ea17     Document Type: Review

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