The ethics of poverty and the poverty of ethics: The case of Palestinian prisoners in Israel seeking to sell their kidneys in order to feed their children

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 473-474

  Epstein, Miran ^a  

^a Institute of Health Sciences Education   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAB; ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ETHICS; HUMAN; ISRAEL; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MULTICENTER STUDY; POVERTY; PRISONER; TRANSPLANTATION;

ARABS; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; COMMERCE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; POVERTY; PRISONERS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 34547771742     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2006.017855     Document Type: Article

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