Waiting for a kidney transplant: The experience of patients with end-stage renal disease in South Korea

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 7-8, 2016, Pages 930-939

  Chong, Hye Jin ^a   Kim, Hyun Kyung ^b   Kim, Sung Reul ^b   Lee, Sik ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney failure; Kidney transplantation; Patients; Qualitative research; Waiting lists

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH KOREA; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84961203796     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.13107     Document Type: Article

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