The Death Penalty and Organ Transplantation in China: The Role of Academic Heart Surgeons

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 873-875

  Beholz, Sven ^a   Kipke, Roland ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIA; CADAVER DONOR; CHINA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CRIME; EDITORIAL; HEART LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; INFORMED CONSENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MORALITY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; PUNISHMENT; SURGICAL TRAINING;

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT; CHINA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; THORACIC SURGERY; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 34548450767     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2007.06.002     Document Type: Editorial

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