Perceptions of experiences of graft rejection among organ transplant recipients striving to control the uncontrollable

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 2408-2417

  Nilsson, Madeleine ^a   Persson, Lars Olof ^b   Forsberg, Anna ^b  

^a QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Nurses; Nursing; Perception; Phenomenography; Rejection; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 49749127325     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02364.x     Document Type: Article

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