Ethics and rationale of living-donor liver transplantation in Asia

Transplantation

Volumn 75, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  De Villa, Vanessa H ^a   Lo, Chung Mau ^c   Chen, Chao Long ^b,d  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMIVUDINE; NUCLEOSIDE ANALOG;

ASIA; AWARENESS; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BRAIN DEATH; CADAVER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FAMILY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS; JAPAN; KOREA; LIVER CANCER; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL; TAIWAN;

EID: 0037442179     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000046532.44975.57     Document Type: Conference Paper

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