Why are cadaveric renal transplants so hard to find in Japan? An analysis of economic and attitudinal aspects

Health policy

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1986, Pages 269-278

  Ohi, Gen ^a   Hasegawa, Tomonori ^a   Kumano, Hiroyuki ^a   Kai, Ichiro ^a   Takenaga, Nobuyuki ^a   Taguchi, Yoshio ^a   Saito, Hiroshi ^a   Ino, Tsunamasa ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CADAVER KIDNEY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; JAPAN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CADAVER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HUMANS; JAPAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RENAL DIALYSIS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 0022922722     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-8510(86)90036-9     Document Type: Article

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