Mistrust, misperceptions, and miscommunication: A qualitative study of preferences about kidney transplantation among African Americans

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 240-246

  Wachterman, M W ^a,b,c,d,e,g   McCarthy, E P ^d,e   Marcantonio, E R ^d,e   Ersek, M ^f,g  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AMBIVALENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTANT COMPARATIVE METHOD; DIET RESTRICTION; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; VERY ELDERLY; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; PSYCHOLOGY; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RENAL DIALYSIS; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84926200783     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: 18732623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2015.01.016     Document Type: Article

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