Educating, Evaluating, and Selecting Living Kidney Donors

Ethical rational, facts, and center techniques for choosing kidney donors all in one volume. This is the first book of its kind, devoted solely to preoperative issues for living kidney donors and those who counsel them. The eight chapters are devoted to vital areas that are comprehensively addressed...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Steiner, Robert W. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2004.
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Table of Contents:
  • Ethical Approaches to Living Kidney Donor Education and Acceptance
  • Quality of Life and Survival on Dialysis and after Renal Transplantation
  • Outcomes for Living Donor and Cadaver Donor Kidney Transplantation
  • The Medical Evaluation and Risk Estimation of End Stage Renal Disease for Living Kidney Donors
  • The Risk of End Stage Renal Disease for Hypertensive Kidney Donors
  • Risk of Diabetes and Diabetic Nephropathy
  • The Education and Counseling Process for Potential Donors and Donor Attitudes after Living Kidney Donation
  • Attitudes, Practices, and Ethical Positions among Transplant Centers Concerning Living Kidney Donor Selection.