The influence of socio-demographic factors, treatment perceptions and attitudes to living donation on willingness to consider living kidney donor among kidney transplant candidates | Zendy

Deborah Zimmerman | Zendy; Shelley E. Albert | Zendy; Hilary A. LlewellynThomas | Zendy; Gillian Hawker | Zendy

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The influence of socio-demographic factors, treatment perceptions and attitudes to living donation on willingness to consider living kidney donor among kidney transplant candidates

Author(s) -

Deborah Zimmerman,

Shelley E. Albert,

Hilary A. LlewellynThomas,

Gillian Hawker

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

nephrology dialysis transplantation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654

H-Index - 168

eISSN - 1460-2385

pISSN - 0931-0509

DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfl218

Subject(s) - medicine , kidney donation , life expectancy , donation , kidney transplantation , transplantation , kidney , end stage renal disease , organ donation , disease , intensive care medicine , environmental health , population , economics , economic growth

Living donor, compared with cadaveric donor kidney transplantation, is associated with prolonged graft survival and increased life expectancy for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). However, access to living donor transplantation remains variable. Our objective was to further our understanding of the factors associated with the willingness to consider living donor kidney transplant (LDKTx).

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