Kidney transplant candidates' views of the transplant allocation system

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 478-484

  Louis, Okiki N ^a   Sankar, Pamela ^b   Ubel, Peter A ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen matching; Kidney transplant allocation; Patient attitudes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TEST; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEGRO; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SELECTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0030793672     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1997.00086.x     Document Type: Article

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