Should people who commit themselves to organ donation be granted preferred status to receive organ transplants?

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 269-272

  Spital, Aaron ^a  

^a New York Organ Donor Network   (United States)

Author keywords

Organ donation; Preferred status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CADAVER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PUBLIC OPINION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 15844399327     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2005.00336.x     Document Type: Article

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