International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 41, Issue 3 , Pages 299-307 , March 2004

Korean health professionals’ attitudes and knowledge toward organ donation and transplantation

  • Jung Ran (Theresa) Kim

      Affiliations

    • Prince of Wales Hospital and the Department of Clinical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing (MO2), University of Sydney, 2006 NSW, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61-2-9351-0666; fax: 82-32-664-7024
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  • Doug Elliott

      Affiliations

    • Prince of Wales Hospital and the Department of Clinical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing (MO2), University of Sydney, 2006 NSW, Australia
    • ,
  • Cheryl Hyde

      Affiliations

    • Sydney Dialysis Centre, Sydney, Australia

Received 2 July 2003 ,Revised 7 September 2003 ,Accepted 9 October 2003.

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PII: S0020-7489(03)00166-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2003.10.003

International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 41, Issue 3 , Pages 299-307 , March 2004

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