Nephrologists' perspectives on waitlisting and allocation of deceased donor kidneys for transplant

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 704-716

  Tong, Allison ^a,b   Howard, Kirsten ^b   Wong, Germaine ^c   Cass, Alan ^d   Jan, Stephen ^d   Irving, Michelle ^a,b   Craig, Jonathan C ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

interviews; Kidney transplantation; organ allocation; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CADAVER DONOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECEASED DONOR KIDNEY; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOPE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEPHROLOGIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SELECTION; REVIEW; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WAITLISTING PATIENT;

EID: 80055023972     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: 15236838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2011.05.029     Document Type: Article

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