Organ donation and the fear of death.
A study of 144 students indicated that their negative attitudes toward organ donation were associated with higher fears of the death and dying of the self and less strongly with higher fears of the death and dying of others.
Lester
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Psychology Program, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, P.O. Box 195, Jimmie Leeds Road, Pomona, NJ 08240-0195, USA.
D000328:Adult; D000533:Altruism; D001293:Attitude to Death; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement