A proposal for an anonymous living organ donation in Germany

Legal Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Rittner, Christian K ^a   Besold, Andrea ^a   Wandel, Evelyn ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ethical aspects; Legal aspects; Living organ transplantation; Medical aspects; Model for anonymous donation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; CADAVER; CADAVER DONOR; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNET; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVING DONOR; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECIPIENT;

EID: 0038754180     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1344-6223(02)00126-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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