Living Organ Donation: Is There Still Place for Altruism?

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 51, Issue 55, 2004, Pages 6-8

  Sotiropoulos, Georgios C ^a   Brokalaki, Eirini I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altruism; Kidney transplantation; Liver transplantation; Living organ donation; Religion and organ donation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ALTRUISM; CADAVER DONOR; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEPHRECTOMY; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; RELIGIOUS GROUP; REVIEW; REWARD; SAFETY; SEPSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ALTRUISM; HUMANS; LIVING DONORS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE;

EID: 10744222204     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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