Opportunities not taken: Successes and shortcomings in the Institute of Medicine's report on organ donation

Kidney International

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 726-729

  Das, K K ^a   Lerner, B H ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Incentive for donation; Kidney transplantation; Medical ethics; Presumed consent; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

CADAVER KIDNEY; EUROPE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY;

HUMANS; INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE (U.S.); KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PRESUMED CONSENT; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247211804     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5002143     Document Type: Short Survey

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