Rationing scarce organs for transplantation: Healthcare provider perspectives on wait-listing and organ allocation

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 60-71

  Tong, Allison ^a,b   Jan, Stephen ^c   Wong, Germaine ^a,b,d   Craig, Jonathan C ^a,b   Irving, Michelle ^a,b   Chadban, Steven ^a   Cass, Alan ^c   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)

Author keywords

Health policy; Health services delivery; Organ allocation; Qualitative research; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84873095972     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ctr.12004     Document Type: Article

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