Disclosing recipient information to potential living donors: Preferences of donors and recipients, before and after surgery

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1270-1278

  Rodrigue, J R ^a,b   Ladin, K ^a,b,c   Pavlakis, M ^a,b   Mandelbrot, D A ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; ethics; informed consent; kidney donor; kidney transplantation; living donation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DONOR; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISCLOSURE; HUMANS; LIVING DONORS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 79958812616     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03580.x     Document Type: Article

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