Changes in the transplantation world - From altruism to a utilitarian approach

Harefuah

Volumn 145, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Mor, Eytan ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Altruism; Organ donation; Organ trade; Transplant tourism; Unrelated donation

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DONOR; EDITORIAL; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LIVING DONOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TRANSPLANTATION;

ALTRUISM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVING DONORS; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 33947238895     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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