Australian nephrologists' attitudes towards living kidney donation

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1178-1183

  Cunningham, Joan ^a,b   Cass, Alan ^b,c,d   Anderson, Kate ^c   Snelling, Paul ^e   Devitt, Jeannie ^a,f   Preece, Cilla ^c   Eris, Josette ^d,e  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Access; Attitudes to treatment; Living related kidney transplantation; Nephrologists; Organ donation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; NEPHROLOGIST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEPHRECTOMY; NEPHROLOGY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 33646190352     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfl029     Document Type: Article

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