Kidney organ donation: developing family practice initiatives to reverse inertia
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Kidney transplantation is associated with greater long term survival rates and improved quality of life compared with dialysis. Continuous growth in the number of patients with kidney failure has not been matched by an increase in th...
Main Authors: | Morgan Myfanwy, Stavroulaki Emilia, Symvoulakis Emmanouil K, Jones Roger |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-05-01
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Series: | BMC Health Services Research |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/10/127 |
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