Nondirected living donation: A survey of current trends and practices

Transplantation

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 515-519

  Crowley Matoka, Megan ^a,b,c,d   Switzer, Galen ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c Vet Aff Ctr Hlth Equity Prom   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Donation; Organ banking; Organ procurement; Preservation; Procurement

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; LIVING DONORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 14944370693     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000155501.39936.50     Document Type: Review

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