Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- 1 The mystique of transplantation: biologic and psychiatric considerations
- 2 Psychosocial screening and selection of candidates for organ transplantation
- 3 Psychosocial issues in living organ donation
- 4 Quality of life in organ transplantation: effects on adult recipients and their families
- 5 Quality of life of geriatric patients following transplantation: short- and long-term outcomes
- 6 Cognitive assessment in organ transplantation
- 7 Pharmacologic issues in organ transplantation: psychopharmacology and neuropsychiatric medication side effects
- 8 Alcoholism and organ transplantation
- 9 Ethics and images in organ transplantation
- 10 Psychoneuroimmunology and organ transplantation: theory and practice
- 11 Pediatric transplantation
- 12 Current trends and new developments in transplantation
- Index
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- 1 The mystique of transplantation: biologic and psychiatric considerations
- 2 Psychosocial screening and selection of candidates for organ transplantation
- 3 Psychosocial issues in living organ donation
- 4 Quality of life in organ transplantation: effects on adult recipients and their families
- 5 Quality of life of geriatric patients following transplantation: short- and long-term outcomes
- 6 Cognitive assessment in organ transplantation
- 7 Pharmacologic issues in organ transplantation: psychopharmacology and neuropsychiatric medication side effects
- 8 Alcoholism and organ transplantation
- 9 Ethics and images in organ transplantation
- 10 Psychoneuroimmunology and organ transplantation: theory and practice
- 11 Pediatric transplantation
- 12 Current trends and new developments in transplantation
- Index
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- The Transplant PatientBiological, Psychiatric and Ethical Issues in Organ Transplantation, pp. 305 - 311Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2000