Motivation for living-donor liver transplantation from the donor's perspective: An in-depth qualitative research study

Transplantation

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1506-1514

  Papachristou, Christina ^a   Walter, Marc ^a,b   Dietrich, Kerstin ^c   Danzer, Gerhard ^a   Klupp, Jochen ^d   Klapp, Burghard F ^a   Frommer, Jörg ^c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Living donor transplantation; Psychological aspects of transplantation; Psychosocial evaluation; Transplantation ethics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFIT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECIPIENT; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THEORY;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ALTRUISM; EMOTIONS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION;

EID: 9244260515     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000142620.08431.26     Document Type: Review

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