Payment for living kidney donors (vendors) is not an abstract ethical discussion occurring in a vacuum

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1380-1381

  Matas, Arthur J ^a   Schnitzler, Mark ^b   Daar, Abdullah S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; LETTER; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; CADAVER; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEES AND CHARGES; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; POVERTY; PUBLIC POLICY; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3542998122     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2004.00487.x     Document Type: Letter

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