Is it ethical to prioritize patients for organ allocation according to their values about organ donation?

Progress in Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 170-174

  Bramstedt, Katrina ^a  

^a CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DONOR; ETHICS; HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746722811     PISSN: 15269248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7182/prtr.16.2.x631whw78p765488     Document Type: Article

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