Guidelines for the psychosocial evaluation of living unrelated kidney donors in the United States

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1047-1054

  Dew, M A ^a   Jacobs, C L ^b   Jowsey, S G ^c   Hanto, R ^d   Miller, C ^e   Delmonico, F L ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d New England Organ Bank   (United States)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney transplantation; Living kidney donor; Psychosocial evaluation; Psychosocial outcomes

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; EMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNET; KIDNEY DONOR; LIVING DONOR; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTIVATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SCREENING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247374842     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2007.01751.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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