Fair distribution and patients who receive more than one organ transplant

Journal of Clinical Ethics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 40-48

  Russell, Barbara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; REIMPLANTATION; REOPERATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ETHICS; ETHICS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; REOPERATION; REPLANTATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TRANSPLANTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036491405     PISSN: 10467890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (13)

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2. "Reagan's Plea for Tabatha Brings Quick Response," Jet, 8 February 1988,25; " Tabatha Foster Passes a Six-Month Milestone," Jet, 23 February 1988, 26; "Multi-Transplant Patient Tabatha Foster, 3, Dies,"Jet, 30 May 1988, 32.
3. "Reagan's Plea for Tabatha Brings Quick Response," Jet, 8 February 1988,25; " Tabatha Foster Passes a Six-Month Milestone," Jet, 23 February 1988, 26; "Multi-Transplant Patient Tabatha Foster, 3, Dies,"Jet, 30 May 1988, 32.
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5. Ibid.
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