The impact of social, cognitive and attitudinal dimensions on college students' support for organ donation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 152-161

  D'Alessandro, A M ^a   Peltier, J W ^b   Dahl, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

Author keywords

Donation; organ and tissue donation; psychosocial issues; qualitative research; shortage of donor organs; survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; COLLEGE STUDENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; MOTIVATION; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS; TISSUE DONORS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84855928816     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03783.x     Document Type: Article

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