American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 51, Issue 4 , Pages 663-670 , April 2008

A Randomized Trial of a Home-Based Educational Approach to Increase Live Donor Kidney Transplantation: Effects in Blacks and Whites

  • James R. Rodrigue, PhD

      Affiliations

    • The Transplant Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
    • Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to James R. Rodrigue, PhD, The Transplant Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 110 Francis St, LMOB-Ste 7, Boston, MA 02215.
    • ,
  • Danielle L. Cornell, RN, BSN

      Affiliations

    • LifeQuest Organ Recovery Services, Gainesville, FL
    • ,
  • Bruce Kaplan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL
    • Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL
    • ,
  • Richard J. Howard, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

Received 5 July 2007 ,Accepted 28 November 2007.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.11.027 on February 19, 2008.

PII: S0272-6386(07)01614-9

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.11.027

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 51, Issue 4 , Pages 663-670 , April 2008

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