Contact between deceased donors' families and organ recipients

Progress in Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 342-349

  Azuri, Pazit ^a   Tabak, Nili ^b   Kreitler, Shulamit ^c  

^a ACADEMIC COLLEGE OF TEL AVIV YAFFO   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEREAVEMENT; DECISION MAKING; DONOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEREAVEMENT; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84890041712     PISSN: 15269248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7182/pit2013708     Document Type: Article

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