Compensation for kidney donation: A price worth paying

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1139-1140

  Steinberg, Avraham ^a  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Compensation; Kidney donation; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; DEATH; DIALYSIS; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPE; FEE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISRAEL; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; MORTALITY; NEPHRECTOMY; NORWAY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECIPIENT; RISK; SOCIAL STATUS; TAX; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGIOUS APPROACH;

COMMERCE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 0036919896     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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