Psychosocial challenges of xenotransplantation: the need for a multidisciplinary, religious, and cultural dialogue

Xenotransplantation. 2016 Sep;23(5):335-7. doi: 10.1111/xen.12263. Epub 2016 Sep 10.

Authors

Wayne Paris¹, Kyeonghee Jang², Leah Colsch², Ali Prus², Ruth Bargainer³, Bakr Nour⁴, David K C Cooper⁵

Affiliations

¹ School of Social Work, Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX, USA. [email protected].
² School of Social Work, Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX, USA.
³ Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Abilene, TX, USA.
⁴ Weill-Cornell College of Medicine, Doha, Qatar.
⁵ Thomas E Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

PMID: 27613198
DOI: 10.1111/xen.12263

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Animals
Culturally Competent Care*
Culture*
Humans
Interdisciplinary Communication
Patient Acceptance of Health Care / psychology*
Psychology
Religion and Medicine*
Transplantation, Heterologous / ethics
Transplantation, Heterologous / psychology*