Psychiatric assessment of living organ donors for renal transplantation: Utility of the defensive functioning scale

Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 283-294

  Ramchandani, Dilip ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTIVATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOANALYSIS; RATING SCALE;

ADULT; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 33845538206     PISSN: 00259284     EISSN: 00259284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/bumc.2006.70.4.283     Document Type: Article

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