Motivations, outcomes, and characteristics of unspecified (nondirected altruistic) kidney donors in the United Kingdom.

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Published in Transplantation on December 15, 2014

Authors

Hannah Maple1, Joseph Chilcot, Lisa Burnapp, Paul Gibbs, Alastair Santhouse, Sam Norton, John Weinman, Nizam Mamode

Author Affiliations

1: 1 Department of Transplantation, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom. 2 Health Psychology Section, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom. 3 NHS Blood and Transplant, Organ Donation and Transplantation Directorate, Stoke Gifford, Bristol, United Kingdom. 4 Queen Alexandra Hospital, Hampshire, United Kingdom. 5 South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, York Clinic, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom. 6 Address correspondence to: Nizam Mamode, F.R.C.S., Department of Transplantation, 6th Floor Renal Offices, Borough Wing, Guy's Hospital, Great Maze Pond, London, SE1 9RT, United Kingdom.

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