Public attitudes to organ donation among a sample of urban-dwelling South African adults: A 2012 study

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 684-692

  Etheredge, H R ^a   Turner, R E ^b   Kahn, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

National survey; Organ transplantation; Public attitudes; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CORNEA; DEATH; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEART; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; URBAN POPULATION;

NATIONAL SURVEY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PUBLIC ATTITUDES; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884979391     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ctr.12200     Document Type: Article

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