Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Live Donor Kidney Transplantation: Priorities for Research and Intervention

Seminars in Nephrology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 90-98

  Waterman, Amy D ^a   Rodrigue, James R ^b   Purnell, Tanjala S ^c,d   Ladin, Keren ^e,f   Boulware, L Ebony ^c,d,g  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

disparities in kidney transplantation; kidney transplant barriers; LDKT; Live donor kidney transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY RELATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MINORITY GROUP; MORALITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REIMBURSEMENT; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RESEARCH PRIORITY; SOCIAL NETWORK; SUPPORT GROUP;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS;

EID: 74049150423     PISSN: 02709295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2009.10.010     Document Type: Article

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