Do gifts create moral obligations for recipients?

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 20-22

  Simmerling, Mary ^a,b   Angelos, Peter ^c,d   Goldberg, Aviva ^c,e   Frader, Joel ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; CADAVER; DONOR; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; GIFT GIVING; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; METHODOLOGY; MORALITY; NOTE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ALTRUISM; CADAVER; ETHICAL THEORY; GIFT GIVING; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 28244446987     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160490906682     Document Type: Note

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