Creating a Hand Transplant Program

Clinics in Plastic Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 279-289

  Amirlak, Bardia ^a   Gonzalez, Ruben ^a   Gorantla, Vijay ^a   Breidenbach III, Warren C ^a,b   Tobin, Gordon R ^c  

^a CHRISTINE M KLEINERT INSTITUTE FOR HAND AND MICROSURGERY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FUNDING; HAND TRANSPLANTATION; LABORATORY; NURSING ROLE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; ORGAN DONOR; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; SURGEON; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TRANSPLANTATION;

HAND; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHIATRY; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 34047130117     PISSN: 00941298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cps.2007.01.002     Document Type: Review

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