Living or deceased-donor kidney transplant: the role of psycho-socioeconomic factors and outcomes associated with each type of transplant

• Main Authors: Abbas Basiri (Author), Maryam Taheri (Author), Alireza Khoshdel (Author), Shabnam Golshan (Author), Hamed Mohseni-rad (Author), Nasrin Borumandnia (Author), Nasser Simforoosh (Author), Mohsen Nafar (Author), Majid Aliasgari (Author), Mohammad Hossein Nourbala (Author), Gholamreza Pourmand (Author), Soudabeh Farhangi (Author), Nastaran Khalili (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Kidney transplant improves patients' survival and quality of life. Worldwide, concern about the equality of access to the renal transplant wait-list is increasing. In Iran, patients have the choice to be placed on either the living or deceased-donor transplant wait-list. Met...