Organ donation and transplantation in India: An inquiry in Kerala

Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 41-67

  Kennedy, Karen ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain death; Discursive interviews; India; Organ donation; Organ transplantation; Public education

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036106550     PISSN: 10530789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013332105491     Document Type: Article

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