Xenotransplantation: A bioethical evaluation

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 205-208

  Anderson, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL RIGHTS; BIOETHICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; NONHUMAN; PATIENT RIGHT; POLITICAL SYSTEM; RECIPIENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMAL RIGHTS; ANIMALS; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INVESTMENTS; MOTIVATION; PATIENT RIGHTS; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 33645764958     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2005.012914     Document Type: Review

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