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Psychological Factors Affecting Acceptance or Rejection of Kidney Transplants

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Psychonephrology 1

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The Downstate Medical Center has had continuing interest in behavioral observations of patients with end-stage renal disease.1 With the development of an active renal transplant program here four years ago, members of the Medical Psychiatric Liaison Service extended their activity to the study of the issues facing both transplant recipients and donors. Initially, we met regularly to listen to and to discuss the tape-recorded interviews that one of us (J.S.) had with these patients. From these weekly meetings, a more formal study ensued in which we addressed ourselves to investigating several issues: How do recipients and donors perceive the transplanted organ? What are the major stresses facing these patients? Do psychological factors affect the success or failure of renal transplantation?

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  1. Norman B. Levy M.D. (Professor of Psychiatry, Director, Psychiatric Liaison Service, Coordinator)

    Present address: Westchester County Medical Center, Valhalla, New York, USA

  2. Andreas Radvila M.D. (Fellow, Psychosomatic Medicine; and Clinical Instructor of Medicine)

    Present address: Department of Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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  1. Downstate Medical Center, State University of New York, Brooklyn, New York, USA

    Jorge Steinberg M.D. (Director, Psychiatric Residency Program; and Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry), Norman B. Levy M.D. (Professor of Psychiatry, Director, Psychiatric Liaison Service, Coordinator) & Andreas Radvila M.D. (Fellow, Psychosomatic Medicine; and Clinical Instructor of Medicine)

  2. Department of Psychiatry, New York Medical College, New York, New York, USA

    Norman B. Levy M.D. (Professor of Psychiatry, Director, Psychiatric Liaison Service, Coordinator)

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  1. Westchester County Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA

    Norman B. Levy M. D.

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Steinberg, J., Levy, N.B., Radvila, A. (1981). Psychological Factors Affecting Acceptance or Rejection of Kidney Transplants. In: Levy, N.B. (eds) Psychonephrology 1. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0357-0_18

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