Waiting for a liver transplant

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 119-136

  Brown, Jill ^a   Sorrell, James H ^b,c   McClaren, Jason ^b   Creswell, John W ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Office of Psychological Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Office of Qualitative and Mixed Method Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Coping time perspective; End stage liver disease; Qualitative; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY OF LIFE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 30344486936     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732305284011     Document Type: Article

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