Gender disparity in organ donation

Gender Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 246-252

  Steinman, Judith L ^a  

^a BioTechnoLegal Services LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CADAVER DONOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; INFORMED CONSENT; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MORALITY; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECIPIENT; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL RATE;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; LIVING DONORS; PRESUMED CONSENT; PUBLIC OPINION; SEX FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 34250364446     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1550-8579(06)80213-5     Document Type: Article

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