Ethical tensions in solid organ transplantation: The price of success

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 3259-3264

  Kulkarni, Sanjay ^a   Cronin II, David C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Donor; Ethical tensions; Organ transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; DONOR SELECTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREAS INSUFFICIENCY; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745088914     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i20.3259     Document Type: Article

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