Waiting for a kidney from a deceased donor: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 836-844

  Spiers, Johanna ^a   Smith, Jonathan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deceased renal donor recipients; ESRD; phenomenology; renal failure; waiting list

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CADAVER; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DONOR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TISSUE DONORS; UNCERTAINTY; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947720206     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2015.1112415     Document Type: Article

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