Financial incentives for cadaveric organ donation: An ethical analysis

Internet Journal of Law, Healthcare and Ethics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Clark, Peter A ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Donation; Financial incentives; Organ; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750940243     PISSN: 15288250     EISSN: 15288250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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