Organ donation, transplantation and religion

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 437-444

  Oliver, Michael ^a   Woywodt, Alexander ^a   Ahmed, Aimun ^a   Saif, Imran ^b  

^a LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

organ donation; religion; transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHRISTIAN; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; JEHOVAH'S WITNESS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MOSLEM; ORGAN DONOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; SPIRITUAL HEALING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; RELIGION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 79551473942     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfq628     Document Type: Review

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