Organ donation and transplantation in general practice

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Ward, F ^a   Watson, A ^a   Holian, J ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IRELAND; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; STATISTICS; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868259979     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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