International Journal of Health Policy and Management

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Organ Donation Awareness: Rethinking Media Campaigns

Document Type : Letter to Editor

Authors
Emmanouil K. Symvoulakis 1
Adelais Markaki 2
Dimitrios Anyfantakis 3
George Rachiotis 4
1 Private Family Practice Unit in Heraklion, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
2 School of Nursing, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
3 Primary Health Care Centre of Kissamos, Chania, Crete, Greece
4 Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
10.15171/ijhpm.2018.85
Keywords
Organ Donation
Presumed Consent
Mass Media
Campaigns
Subjects

Dear Editor,

Over the last 10 years, public awareness campaigns in organ donation have yielded mixed results, indicating a growing need for culturally-tailored and issue-targeted media campaigns... (Read more...)

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International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Volume 7, Issue 12
December 2018
Pages 1165-1166

  • Received Date 29 June 2018
  • Revised Date 28 August 2018
  • Accepted Date 28 August 2018
  • First Published Date 01 December 2018
  • Published Date 01 December 2018