How to assess a patient's support system and personal abilities prior to liver transplantation

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 1395-1397

  Bryant, Shelly Bowie ^a   Reams, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0031792913     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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