'Suspended in a paradox' - Patient attitudes to wait-listing for kidney transplantation: Systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative studies

Transplant International

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 771-787

  Tong, Allison ^a,b   Hanson, Camilla S ^a,b   Chapman, Jeremy R ^c   Halleck, Fabian ^d   Budde, Klemens ^d   Josephson, Michelle A ^e   Craig, Jonathan C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

kidney transplantation; patient centered care; qualitative research; quality of life; wait listing

Indexed keywords

AMBIVALENCE; CONFUSION (UNCERTAINTY); DISAPPOINTMENT; EMOTION; FRUSTRATION; GUILT; HOPE; HOPELESSNESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; JEALOUSY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT RIGHT; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRUST; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84930460280     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tri.12575     Document Type: Review

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