Ethics in liver transplantation

Seminars in Liver Disease

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 234-238

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

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocation; Deceased donor liver transplantation; MELD; National resource; Rationing

Indexed keywords

CADAVER DONOR; COMORBIDITY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MODEL; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 33746490645     PISSN: 02728087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-947299     Document Type: Review

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