Community preferences for the allocation of solid organs for transplantation: A systematic review

Transplantation

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 796-805

  Tong, Allison ^a,b   Howard, Kirsten ^b   Jan, Stephen ^c   Cass, Alan ^c,d   Rose, John ^e   Chadban, Steven ^e,f   Allen, Richard D ^e   Craig, Jonathan C ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^d University of Sydney   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community perspectives; Decision making; Organ allocation; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBASE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIFESPAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MEDLINE; MORALITY; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECIPIENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MORALS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREJUDICE; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL VALUES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 77950954826     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181cf1ee1     Document Type: Article

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