Gift exchange and organ donation: Donor and recipient experiences of live related kidney transplantation

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1607-1617

  Gill, Paul ^a   Lowes, Lesley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^b Nursing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Donors; Gift exchange; Live kidney transplantation; Organ donation; Recipients; Transplants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; GIFT GIVING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEPHRECTOMY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; ENGLAND; FAMILY; FEMALE; GIFT GIVING; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEPHRECTOMY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 53549109701     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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