Nudge, nudge or shove, shove-the right way for nudges to increase the supply of donated cadaver organs

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 32-39

  Whyte, Kyle Powys ^a   Selinger, Evan ^b   Caplan, Arthur L ^c   Sadowski, Jathan ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making; end of life issues; organ transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CAR DRIVING; DECISION MAKING; DONOR; ETHICS; FAMILY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; TRANSPLANTATION;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CADAVER; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMANS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84859931705     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2011.634484     Document Type: Article

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