Losing the genetic twin: Donor grief after unsuccessful unrelated stem cell transplantation

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Wanner, Martina ^a   Bochert, Sandra ^a   Schreyer, Iris M ^a   Rall, Gabi ^a   Rutt, Claudia ^a   Schmidt, Alexander H ^a  

^a DKMS German Bone Marrow Donor Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIVING DONOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60849110294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-2     Document Type: Article

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