When duties collide: Beneficence and veracity in the evaluation of living organ donors

Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 188-192

  Simmerling, Mary ^a,d   Frader, Joel ^b,c   Franklin, John ^b   Angelos, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Deception; Ethics; Medical excuse; Truth telling

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HUMAN; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICINE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 34250658875     PISSN: 10872418     EISSN: 15317013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOT.0b013e3280951965     Document Type: Review

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