Culturally Competent Strategies for Increasing Knowledge of Live Kidney Donation in the Hispanic Community

Current Transplantation Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 32-41

  Gordon, Elisa J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community outreach; Education; Ethics; Hispanic; Informed consent; Kidney donation; Kidney transplant; Latino; Underserved populations

Indexed keywords

EID: 85040252048     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21963029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40472-017-0136-y     Document Type: Review

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