Cadaver kidneys: The rules of rationing

Lancet

Volumn 348, Issue 9025, 1996, Pages 456-457

  Guttmann, Ronald D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADAVER KIDNEY; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030591656     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)04010-X     Document Type: Note

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