The impact of living-related kidney transplantation on the donor's life

Transplantation

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1268-1273

  Reimer, Jens ^a   Rensing, Anne ^b   Haasen, Christian ^a   Philipp, Thomas ^b   Pietruck, Frank ^b   Franke, Gabriele Helga ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES MAGDEBURG STENDAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Kidney transplantation; Living donor; Outcomes; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FINANCE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; OCCUPATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSIBILITY; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 33744469838     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000210009.96816.db     Document Type: Article

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