Deceased organ donation registration and familial consent among Chinese and South Asians in Ontario, Canada

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Li, Alvin Ho Ting ^a   McArthur, Eric ^b   Maclean, Janet ^c   Isenor, Cynthia ^c   Prakash, Versha ^c   Kim, S Joseph ^b,d   Knoll, Greg ^e   Shah, Baiju ^b,d   Garg, Amit X ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c Trillium Gift of Life Network   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN DONOR; REGISTRATION; SOUTH ASIAN; TIME OF DEATH; ASIA; CADAVER; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; ONTARIO; TRANSPLANTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ASIA; CADAVER; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941975873     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124321     Document Type: Article

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