Organ donation: The gift, the weight and the tyranny of good acts

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 497-498

  Kaplan, B ^a   Williams, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ALTRUISM; BONE MARROW; EDITORIAL; FAMILY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY; LAW; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALTRUISM; GIFT GIVING; HUMANS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 33847733157     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01731.x     Document Type: Editorial

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