The doctor-patient relationship in living donor kidney transplantation

Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 503-505

  Danovitch, Gabriel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercialization; Ethics; Transplant donation; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REVIEW;

COMMERCE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 37349120405     PISSN: 10624821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNH.0b013e3282f065e1     Document Type: Review

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