Solving the organ shortage crisis: The 7th Annual American Society of Transplant Surgeons' State-of-the-Art Winter Symposium

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 745-752

  Pomfret, E A ^a   Sung, R S ^b   Allan, J ^c   Kinkhabwala, M ^d   Melancon, J K ^e   Roberts, J P ^f  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to transplantation; Deceased donor kidneys; Deceased donor organs; Donor recipient matching; Ethics; Expanded criteria donors; Live donor transplantation; Organ donation; Organ sales; Organ shortage

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TRANSPLANT SURGEON; COMPENSATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DEATH; DONOR AFTER CARDIAC DEATH; EXPANDED CRITERIA DONOR; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTESTINE GRAFT; LIVER GRAFT; LIVING DONOR; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN SHORTAGE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WINTER;

CADAVER; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LIVING DONORS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 40449114529     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2007.02146.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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