Community attitudes to deceased organ donation: A focus group study

Transplantation

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1064-1069

  Irving, Michelle J ^a,b   Tong, Allison ^a,b   Jan, Stephen ^c   Cass, Alan ^a,c   Chadban, Steven ^d,e   Allen, Richard D ^e   Craig, Jonathan C ^a,b   Wong, Germaine ^a,b   Howard, Kirsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^c GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Organ; Qualitative; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APATHY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; FEAR; FEMALE; GRIEF; GROUNDED THEORY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL CARE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SOCIAL BELIEF;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 84861092353     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e31824db997     Document Type: Article

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