Money talks, money kills - The economics of transplantation in Japan and China

Bioethics

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 236-243

  Becker, Carl ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEATH; CHINA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; JAPAN; MARKETING; MONEY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0032840633     PISSN: 02699702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8519.00151     Document Type: Conference Paper

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