'It seemed churlish not to': How living non-directed kidney donors construct their altruism

Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 388-405

  Challenor, Julianna ^a   Watts, Jay ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altruistic kidney donation; Discourse analysis; Organ donation; Psychosocial method

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTRUISM; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84906055870     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: 14617196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459313501358     Document Type: Article

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