A psychological support concept and quality of life research in a liver transplantation program: An interdisciplinary multicenter study

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 54, Issue 2-3, 1990, Pages 117-131

  Kober, B ^a,b   Kilchler, Th ^a,b   Broelsch, Ch ^a,b   Kremer, B ^a,b   Henne Bruns, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRITICAL CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSONALITY TESTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0025678307     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: 14230348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000288386     Document Type: Article

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