Access to adult liver transplantation in Canada: A survey and ethical analysis

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 337-342

  Mullen, Michelle A ^a,c   Kohut, Nitsa ^a   Sam, Mehran ^a   Blendis, Laurie ^b,c   Singer, Peter A ^a,b,c  

^a at the University of Toronto Wagner is also a faculty member of the Canadian Medical Associations' Physician Management Institute   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CANADA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEPATITIS B; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVER CANCER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 0030040189     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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