Living organ donors: Respecting the risks involved in the "gift of life"

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages

  Benner, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHICS; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK;

ADULT; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK;

EID: 0036561068     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2002.11.3.266     Document Type: Article

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