Everybody needs a cheerleader to get a kidney transplant: A qualitative study of the patient barriers and facilitators to kidney transplantation in the Southeastern United States

BMC Nephrology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Browne, Teri ^a   Amamoo, Ahinee ^b   Patzer, Rachel E ^c   Krisher, Jenna ^b   Well, Henry ^d   Gander, Jennifer ^c   Pastan, Stephen O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Southeastern Kidney Council Inc/ESRD Network 6   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d National Kidney Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEAR; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KIDNEY GRAFT; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOUTH CAROLINA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEMODIALYSIS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RENAL DIALYSIS; SOUTH CAROLINA; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84979740897     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12882-016-0326-3     Document Type: Article

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