Lack of listing status awareness: Results of a single-center survey of hemodialysis patients

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1522-1526

  Gillespie, A ^a   Hammer, H ^b   Lee, J ^c   Nnewihe, C ^a   Gordon, J ^d   Silva, P ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; chronic kidney disease (CKD); clinical kidney transplantation; communication strategies; deceased donor kidneys; patient physician communication; pretransplant morbidity; waiting list

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; URBAN AREA; WORKFLOW;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RENAL DIALYSIS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 79959827254     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03524.x     Document Type: Article

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