Patient preferences for the allocation of deceased donor kidneys for transplantation: A mixed methods study

BMC Nephrology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^c GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^d WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECIPIENT; SURVIVAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DONOR; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; TISSUE DONORS; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859786665     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2369-13-18     Document Type: Article

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