Who gets a heart? Rationing and rationalizing in heart transplantation

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 326-336

  Allen, Margaret D ^a,c   Fishbein, Daniel P ^a   McBride, Maureen ^b   Ellison, Mary ^b   Daily, O Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; MANAGEMENT; ORGAN DONOR; REVIEW;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING;

GUIDELINES; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TIME; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0031008621     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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