Evaluating living kidney donors: Relationship types, psychosocial criteria, and consent processes at US transplant programs

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2326-2332

  Rodrigue, J R ^a   Pavlakis, M ^a   Danovitch, G M ^b   Johnson, S R ^a   Karp, S J ^a   Khwaja, K ^a   Hanto, D W ^a   Mandelbrot, D A ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Informed consent; Kidney donor; Living donation; Psychosocial; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR SELECTION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

FAMILY; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PATIENT SELECTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548303807     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2007.01921.x     Document Type: Article

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