How can we ethically increase the supply of transplantable organs?

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 224-225

  Childress, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; BLOOD PRESSURE; DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; ETHICS; NOTE; RISK FACTOR; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; LIVING DONORS; RISK FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746847083     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-145-3-200608010-00010     Document Type: Editorial

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