Fair treatment of alcoholic patients in the context of liver transplantation

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 93-100

  Shelton, Wayne ^a   Balint, John A ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ANALYTICAL APPROACH; BENEFICENCE; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BENEFICENCE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; MORALS; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 0031065329     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1997.tb03734.x     Document Type: Article

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