Assessing quality-of-life outcomes in organ transplant recipients: Progress and priorities

Progress in Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL., 2003, Pages 1-2

  Hathaway, Donna ^a   Barr, Mark L ^b   Ghobrial, R Mark ^c   Rodrigue, James ^d   Bogner, Sharlyn ^e   Prendergast, Mary M ^g   Subaiya, Indu ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

^e ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Toyota Technical Center USA Inc   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAPPINESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECIPIENT; SOCIAL STATUS; WELLBEING; ARTICLE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGISTER;

HUMANS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 0037941190     PISSN: 15269248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/15269248030130s201     Document Type: Editorial

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