Psychological stress in transplantation: a unified concept? What is measured and how: a literature review
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Psychological stress in transplantation: a unified concept? What is measured and how: a literature review
Abstract
This article describes how the concept of stress is studied in the field of solid-organ transplantation. Sixty-five articles or reviews of scientific research on stress are analyzed. The question addressed was how stress is explored and defined in transplant research, as it is often referred to as affecting psychological and/or physical transplant outcomes.
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