Experience of Hong Kong patients awaiting kidney transplantation in mainland China

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 11C, 2007, Pages 341-349

  Leung, Sylvie S H ^a,b   Shiu, Ann T Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Chronic kidney disease; Nurses; Nursing; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; TIME; TRAVEL;

ADULT; AGED; CHINA; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL DIALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 35248884380     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02070.x     Document Type: Article

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