Ethically and Effectively Advancing Living Donation: How Should It Be Done?

Understanding Organ Donation: Applied Behavioral Science Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 292-312

  Waterman, Amy D ^a   Rodrigue, James R ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

End stage renal disease (ESRD) in United States; Ethically and effectively advancing living donation; Improved community education about preemptive transplantation; Improved transplant center educational delivery; Intervention effectiveness in promoting LDKT awareness; Living donation education opportunities for health professional community; Living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT); Social ecological transplant model; Value of transplant or LDKT versus dialysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886326932     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444317459.ch18     Document Type: Chapter

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