Written information for potential living kidney donors

Transplant International

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 449-452

  Lennerling, Annette ^a   Nyberg, Gudrun ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Consent; Decision making; Living kidney donor; Written information

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FINANCE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL INFORMATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLUNTEER;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; KIDNEY; LIVING DONORS; PAMPHLETS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 5444245448     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2004.tb00468.x     Document Type: Article

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