Ethical and Design Issues in Heart Replacement in Asia

Artificial Organs

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-10

  Lee, Chuen Neng ^a,b,c  

^a Heart Institute   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN ISSUES; ETHICAL ISSUES;

ASIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; ORGAN DONOR; PHILOSOPHY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1242274601     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2004.07299.x     Document Type: Editorial

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