They might as well be in Bolivia: Race, ethnicity and the problem of solid organ donation

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 563-575

  Koch, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; JUSTICE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECIPIENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

BODY PARTS AND FLUIDS; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; INDIGENTS; JUSTICE; LOS ANGELES; ORGAN DONATION; ORGAN DONORS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCARCITY; SELECTION FOR TREATMENT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMAN BODY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PATIENT SELECTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033497555     PISSN: 13867415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009927312427     Document Type: Review

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