Attitudes of Swedes to marginal donors and xenotransplantation

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 186-192

  Lundin, Susanne ^a   Idvall, M ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBIVALENCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL GENETICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORALITY; ORGAN DONOR; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SWEDEN; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GENE THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0038480011     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.29.3.186     Document Type: Article

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