A note on a discussion group study of public preferences regarding priorities in the allocation of donor kidneys

Health Policy

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-36

  Dolan, Paul ^a   Shaw, Rebecca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Graft allocation; Kidney transplantation; Public preferences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CITY; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZATION; RECIPIENT; STUDY; SURGICAL PATIENT; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ENGLAND; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRANSPLANTS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 1642368229     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2003.07.006     Document Type: Article

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