Contribution of post-transplant social support to the quality of life of transplant recipients

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 39-56

  Cetingok, Muammer ^a   Hathaway, Donna ^b   Winsett, Rebecca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b and Fellow Transcultural Nursing Society Scholars   (United States)

Author keywords

Social support networks; Transplant quality of life; Transplant research and practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; TRANSPLANTS;

EID: 34548656987     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v45n03_03     Document Type: Article

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