Differences in psychosocial profiles between men and women living kidney donors

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 314-320

  Achille, Marie ^a   Soos, John ^b   Fortin, Marie Chantal ^a,c   Pâquet, Michel ^c   Hébert, Marie Josée ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

End stage kidney disease; Gender; Living organ donation; Organ transplantation; Psychological evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; LIVING DONOR; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPY;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34248156781     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2007.00641.x     Document Type: Article

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