Balancing urgency, age and quality of life in organ allocation decisions - What would you do?: A survey

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 109-115

  Stahl, James E ^a   Tramontano, A C ^a   Swan, J S ^a   Cohen, B J ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTER 1;

AGE; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION;

AGE FACTORS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORT PROTEIN 1; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE BANKS;

EID: 39049158603     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2006.018291     Document Type: Article

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