The kidney transplant wait-list: Allocation of patients to a limited supply of organs

Seminars in Dialysis

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 456-459

  Norman, Douglas J ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADAVER; ETHICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; STATISTICS; TRANSPLANTATION;

CADAVER; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 30744472935     PISSN: 08940959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-139X.2005.00088.x     Document Type: Review

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