Health-related and psychosocial concerns about transplantation among patients initiating dialysis

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1940-1948

  Salter, Megan L ^a,b   Gupta, Natasha ^c   King, Elizabeth ^c   Bandeen Roche, Karen ^a,b   Law, Andrew H ^a,c   McAdams Demarco, Mara A ^a,c   Meoni, Lucy A ^a,d,e   Jaar, Bernard G ^d,e,f   Sozio, Stephen M ^d,e   Kao, Wen Hong Linda ^a,e   Parekh, Rulan S ^d,g,h   Segev, Dorry L ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins Center on Aging and Health ^*  (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NEPHROLOGY CENTER OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DIALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; FEAR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LIVING DONOR; NEPHROLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROLOGY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RENAL DIALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84923888463     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.03310414     Document Type: Article

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