Public, experts, and acceptance of advanced medical technologies: The case of organ transplant and gene therapy in Japan

Health Care Analysis

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 203-214

  Sato, Hajime ^a   Akabayashi, Akira ^a   Kai, Ichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Advanced medical technology; Gene therapy; Organ transplant; Policy; Public opinion; Social acceptance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; GENE THERAPY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; TECHNOLOGY; TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EXPERT TESTIMONY; GENE THERAPY; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEGISLATION, MEDICAL; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PUBLIC OPINION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845604684     PISSN: 10653058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10728-006-0026-4     Document Type: Article

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