The altruistic unbalanced paired kidney exchange: Proof of concept and survey of potential donor and recipient attitudes

Transplantation

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-22

  Ratner, Lloyd E ^a,b   Rana, Abbas ^a   Ratner, Emily R ^a   Ernst, Victoria ^a   Kelly, Joan ^a,b   Kornfeld, Donald ^a,b   Cohen, David ^a,b   Wiener, Ilona ^a,b  

^a Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruistic unbalanced paired kidney exchange; Attitudes toward live donation.; Kidney transplantation; Live donors; Paired kidney exchange

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ALTRUISTIC UNBALANCED PAIRED KIDNEY EXCHANGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD COMPATIBILITY; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP O; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ADULT; ALTRUISM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; PATIENT SELECTION; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 74549115829     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181c626e1     Document Type: Article

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