Attitudes, psychology, and risk taking of potential live kidney donors: Strangers, relatives, and the general public

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1671-1680

  Boulware, L Ebony ^a,b,e   Ratner, Lloyd E ^c   Troll, Misty U ^a,e   Chaudron, Alexis ^e   Yeung, Edwina ^e   Chen, Shirley ^e   Klein, Andrew S ^d   Hiller, Janet ^a   Powe, Neil R ^a,b,e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Columbia University School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^d CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; General public attitudes; Live kidney donation; Related donation; Stranger donation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; LIVING DONOR; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 21344459066     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2005.00896.x     Document Type: Article

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