Living donor liver transplantation: The historical and cultural basis of policy decisions and ongoing ethical questions

Health Policy

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 175-185

  Northup, Patrick Grant ^a   Berg, Carl Lansing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Health care rationing; Liver transplantation; Living donors; Organ procurement

Indexed keywords

COST; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISTORY; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL ETHICS; RECIPIENT; REVIEW; RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 15744392515     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2004.08.014     Document Type: Article

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