Adult liver transplant candidate attitudes toward graft sharing are not obstacles to split liver transplantation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2047-2051

  Barshes, Neal R ^a   Lee, Timothy C ^a   Udell, Ian W ^a   O'Mahoney, Christine A ^a   Carter, Beth A ^a   Karpen, Saul J ^a   Goss, John A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocation; Ethics; Pediatric; Segmental liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEGMENTAL LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; SPLIT LIVER TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22844442472     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2005.00946.x     Document Type: Article

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