The expectancies of living kidney donors: Do they differ as a function of relational status and gender?

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1682-1688

  Rodrigue, James R ^a   Widows, Michelle R ^b   Guenther, Robert ^c   Newman, Robert C ^c   Kaplan, Bruce ^d   Howard, Richard J ^d  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Psychological Assessment Resources Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Donor expectancies; Living donation; Organ donation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SPIRITUALITY; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 33744494165     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfl024     Document Type: Article

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