Alcoholics and Liver Transplantation

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 265, Issue 10, 1991, Pages 1299-1301

  Cohen, Carl ^a   Benjamin, Martin ^a  

^a Ethics and Social Impact Committee of the Transplant and Health Policy Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANALYTICAL APPROACH; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; JUSTICE; MORAL POLICY; POLICY ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCARCITY; SELECTION FOR TREATMENT; SELF INDUCED ILLNESS; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; STANDARDS;

ALCOHOLISM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORALS; ORGAN PROCUREMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0026021206     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1991.03460100101033     Document Type: Article

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