A bridge between hearts: Mutual organ donation by Arabs and Jews in Israel

Transplantation

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 151-155

  Ashkenazi, Tamar ^a   Berman, Marius ^b,e   Ben Ami, Sharona ^a   Fadila, Abed ^a   Aravot, Dan ^c,d  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^e RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARAB; ETHNOLOGY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; ISRAEL; JEW; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN DONOR; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RELIGIOUS GROUP; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARABS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 1642443367     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000103722.79951.DE     Document Type: Review

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