Improving preemptive transplant education to increase living donation rates: Reaching patients earlier in their disease adjustment process

Progress in Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 251-256

  Hays, Rebecca ^a   Waterman, Amy D ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; DONOR SELECTION; EDUCATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CURRICULUM; DONOR SELECTION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 62449280692     PISSN: 15269248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7182/prtr.18.4.w3706w0tk23r9618     Document Type: Article

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