Factors related to attitudes toward organ donation after death in the immigrant population in Spain

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  López, Jorge S ^a   Valentín, María O ^b   Scandroglio, Barbara ^a   Coll, Elisabeth ^b   Martín, María J ^a   Sagredo, Encarnación ^b   Martínez, José M ^a   Serna, Emilio ^b   Matesanz, Rafael ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b ORGANIZACIÓN NACIONAL DE TRASPLANTES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cultural diversity; Immigrant population; Organ donation; Organ procurement; Public attitudes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTEGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOSLEM; NEGRO; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CADAVER; CULTURE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84862257748     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2011.01586.x     Document Type: Article

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