Living kidney donor assessment: Challenges, uncertainties and controversies among transplant nephrologists and surgeons

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2912-2923

  Tong, A ^a,b   Chapman, J R ^c   Wong, G ^a,b,c   Craig, J C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Donor evaluation; kidney transplantation; live donor transplantation; policy; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVING DONOR; MALE; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; NEPHROLOGIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGEON; WELFARE; WELLBEING;

DONOR EVALUATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVE DONOR TRANSPLANTATION; POLICY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 84886802269     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12411     Document Type: Article

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