Getting Used to Being a Patient: The Postoperative Experience of Living Liver Transplant Donors
O'Connor R, Parkosewich J, Curran J, Cartiera K, Knobf MT. Getting Used to Being a Patient: The Postoperative Experience of Living Liver Transplant Donors. Progress In Transplantation 2015, 25: 153-159. PMID: 26107276, DOI: 10.7182/pit2015298.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptation, PsychologicalAdultFemaleHepatectomyHumansLiver TransplantationLiving DonorsMaleMiddle AgedNew EnglandPatientsPostoperative PeriodSurveys and QuestionnairesConceptsPostoperative experienceDonor hepatectomyLiver transplantHospital experienceLiving Liver Transplant DonorsQualitative interpretive descriptive designPatients' postoperative experienceDonor liver transplantLiver transplant donorsInterpretive descriptive designTransplant donorsTransplant teamMean ageTransplant experienceUniversity HospitalHealthy donorsEligible personsHorrible painPatientsTransplant donationHospitalization experienceInformed consentSample adultsHepatectomyDescriptive design