The experiences of commercial kidney donors: Thematic synthesis of qualitative research

Transplant International

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1138-1149

  Tong, Allison ^a,b   Chapman, Jeremy R ^c   Wong, Germaine ^a,b,c   Cross, Nicholas B ^d,e   Batabyal, Pikli ^a   Craig, Jonathan C ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

commercial transplantation; kidney transplantation; live donors; qualitative research; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; DATA SYNTHESIS; DEBASEMENT; DECEPTION; DESPERATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMOTION; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KIDNEY DONOR; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL;

ADULT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84867556770     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2012.01534.x     Document Type: Article

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