Expectations and outcomes in organ transplantation

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 299-310

  Mcchesney, Lawrence P ^a   Braithwaite, Susan S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DONOR; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL CONTROL; STANDARD; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT SELECTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033146532     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180199803053     Document Type: Article

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