Organ transplantation using organs taken from executed prisoners in china - A call for the cessation of israeli participation in the process

Harefuah

Volumn 145, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Lavee, Jacob ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Organs' harvesting from executed prisoners; Organs' transplantation; Transplantations in China

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRISONER; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; HUMANS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRISONERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947222590     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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