United network for organ sharing rules and organ availability for children: Current policies and future directions

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 311-316

  McDiarmid, S V ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING;

CHILD; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT SELECTION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TRANSPLANTS; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0034844964     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3046.2001.00029.x     Document Type: Editorial

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