Attitudes and predictive factors for live kidney donation: A comparison of live kidney donors versus nondonors

Kidney International

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1105-1111

  Stothers, Lynn ^a   Gourlay, William A ^b   Liu, Li ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Attitudes; Beliefs; Live kidney donation; Personal characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KNOWLEDGE; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 20844462404     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00176.x     Document Type: Article

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