Community preferences for the allocation of deceased donor organs for transplantation: A focus group study

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2187-2193

  Irving, Michelle J ^a,b   Tong, Allison ^a,b   Jan, Stephen ^c   Wong, Germaine ^a,b   Cass, Alan ^c,d   Allen, Richard D ^e   Craig, Jonathan C ^a,b   Chadban, Steven ^e,f   Rose, John ^f   Howard, Kirsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^c GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^d MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^e ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allocation; Organ; Qualitative; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE; SURVIVAL; TRUST;

ALLOCATION; ORGAN; QUALITATIVE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884557039     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gft208     Document Type: Article

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