Attitudes towards organ donation and transplantation - A study involving Baltic physicians

Transplant International

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 419-423

  Omnell Persson, M ^a   Dmitriev, P ^b   Shevelev, V ^c   Zelvys, A ^d   Hermeren G ^e   Persson, N H ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b TARTU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Estonia)

^c PAULS STRADINS CLINICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Latvia)

^d VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attitudes, organ donation; Organ donation, attitudes; Organ donation, Baltic states

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BALTIC STATES; BRAIN DEATH; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEUROLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0031730148     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001470050168     Document Type: Article

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