Attitudes toward live donor kidney transplantation and its commercialization

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Mazaris, Evangelos M ^a   Crane, Jeremy S ^a   Warrens, Anthony N ^a   Smith, Glenn ^a   Tekkis, Paris ^a   Papalois, Vassilios E ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethical issues; Financial rewards; Kidney transplantation; Live donation; Paid donation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRIEND; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVE DONOR KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIBLING; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; DIRECTED TISSUE DONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958733618     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2011.01418.x     Document Type: Article

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