Perceptions of the donation process from adult-to-adult living liver donors

Progress in Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 123-129

  Winsett, Rebecca P ^a   Russell, Cynthia ^a   Grewal, Hani P ^b   Shokouh Amiri, M Hosein ^a   Gaber, A Osama ^a  

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

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIENCE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; NAUSEA; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAFETY; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN INCISION; SPOUSE;

EID: 0038278426     PISSN: 15269248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7182/prtr.13.2.w75r827518060358     Document Type: Article

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