Informing candidates for solid-organ transplantation about donor risk factors

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 358, Issue 26, 2008, Pages 2832-

  Halpern, Scott D ^a   Shaked, Abraham ^b   Hasz, Richard D ^c   Caplan, Arthur L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Gift of Life Donor Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DONOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS;

DISCLOSURE; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RISK FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 45949109996     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsb0800674     Document Type: Article

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