While the medical aspects of living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) have been investigated to a comparatively large degree, only in recent years have psychosocial aspects like donors' quality of life and attitude towards living donation been dealt with. In the course of a retrospective study, we
Psychiatric and psychosocial aspects of liver transplantation
β Scribed by Lois E. Krahn; Andrea DiMartini
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 151 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1527-6465
- DOI
- 10.1002/lt.20578
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