Beyond the Billboard: The Facebook-Based Application, Donor, and Its Guided Approach to Facilitating Living Organ Donation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 336-340

  Bramstedt, K A ^a   Cameron, A M ^b  

^a BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ethics; ethics and public policy; Internet; kidney transplantation nephrology; kidney transplantation: living donor; liver transplantation hepatology; liver transplantation: living donor

Indexed keywords

ADVERTISING; ARTICLE; BILLBOARD; FACEBOOK; FAMILY; FRIEND; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NARRATIVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOFTWARE; ETHICS; INFORMED CONSENT; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PROCEDURES; TRANSPLANTATION; UTILIZATION;

HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNET; LIVING DONORS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 84993966797     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.14004     Document Type: Article

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