Working to establish 'normality' post-transplant: A qualitative study of kidney transplant patients

Chronic Illness

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 247-258

  Boaz, Annette ^a   Morgan, Myfanwy ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adherence to medication; Kidney transplantation; normality; patient experience; qualitative; shifting perspectives

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; YOUNG ADULT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; GRAFT REJECTION; HEALTH; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEALTH; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84908878769     PISSN: 17423953     EISSN: 17459206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1742395313504789     Document Type: Article

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