Liver transplantation in India: Its evolution, problems and the way forward

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 53-56

  Kakodkar, Rahul ^a   Soin, Arvinder ^a   Nundy, Samiran ^a  

^a SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

AUTOPSY; BRAIN DEATH; CADAVER DONOR; COST CONTROL; DRUG COST; EDITORIAL; GOVERNMENT; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ETHICS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL RATE;

BRAIN DEATH; CADAVER; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INDIA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 34447557852     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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