Living organ donation practices in Europe - Results from an online survey

Transplant International

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 145-153

  Lennerling, Annette ^a   Lovén, Charlotte ^a   Dor, Frank Jmf ^b   Ambagtsheer, Frederike ^b   Duerinckx, Nathalie ^c   Frunza, Mihaela ^d   Pascalev, Assya ^e   Zuidema, Willij ^b   Weimar, Willem ^b   Dobbels, Fabienne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^e Bulgarian Center for Bioethics   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

evaluation; follow up; living organ donation; medical screening; survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; LIVING KIDNEY DONATION; LIVING LIVER DONATION; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNET; LIVING DONORS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 84872618186     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tri.12012     Document Type: Review

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