Ethical issues in psychological evaluation of patients for organ transplant surgery

Rehabilitation Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-71

  Olbrisch, Mary Ellen ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; JUSTICE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIVACY; REVIEW;

EID: 0029999288     PISSN: 00905550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0090-5550.41.1.53     Document Type: Review

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