Perception about transplant of rural and urban patients with chronic kidney disease; A qualitative study

Nephro-Urology Monthly

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Ghahramani, Nasrollah ^a   Wang, Chloe ^a   Sanati Mehrizy, Ali ^a   Tandon, Ankita ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparity; Focus groups; Geography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVING DONOR; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRAISE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; RURAL POPULATION; TRAVEL; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84902370162     PISSN: 22517006     EISSN: 22517014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/numonthly.15726     Document Type: Article

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