Factors that influence the decision to be an organ donor: A systematic review of the qualitative literature

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2526-2533

  Irving, Michelle J ^a,b   Tong, Allison ^a,b   Jan, Stephen ^c   Cass, Alan ^c   Rose, John ^d   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

Culture; Organ donation; Qualitative; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; BODY INTEGRITY; BRAIN DEATH; CADAVER DONOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEAR; FEAR OF ORGAN RETRIEVAL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION; KNOWLEDGE; LIVING DONOR; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84861095122     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfr683     Document Type: Review

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