"Can You Spare an Organ?": Exploring Hispanic Americans' Willingness to Discuss Living Organ Donation With Loved Ones

Health Communication

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 754-764

  Siegel, Jason T ^a   Alvaro, Eusebio M ^a   Hohman, Zachary P ^a   Maurer, Deborah ^b  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DIRECTED TISSUE DONATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COMMUNICATION; DIRECTED TISSUE DONATION; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 84859027632     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2011.566831     Document Type: Article

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