Unrelated living organ donation: ULTRA needs to go

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 169-170

  Choudhry, S ^a   Daar, A S ^a   Radcliffe Richards, J ^a   Guttmann, R D ^a   Hoffenberg, R ^a   Lock, M ^a   Sells, Robert A ^a   Tilney, N ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUROPE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL GENETICS; MORALITY; ORGAN DONOR; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; RECIPIENT; RELATIVE; UNITED KINGDOM;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; LEGAL APPROACH;

COERCION; COMMERCE; FAMILY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 0037789457     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.29.3.169     Document Type: Article

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