Giving and getting: Altruism and exchange in transplantation

Journal of Medical Humanities

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 169-192

  Lamanna, Mary Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ART; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; DONOR; EMOTION; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; GIFT GIVING; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TRANSPLANTATION;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ALTRUISM; COUNSELING; EMOTIONS; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; GIFT GIVING; HUMAN BODY; HUMANS; MEN; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; MOTIVATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION; WOMEN;

EID: 0031218254     PISSN: 10413545     EISSN: 15733645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025637702288     Document Type: Article

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