Organ trafficking and transplant tourism: A commentary on the global realities

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 925-929

  Budiani Saberi, D A ^a   Delmonico, F L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical ethics; Organ markets; Organ trafficking

Indexed keywords

INSURANCE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KIDNEY GRAFT; MARKETING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NOTE; ORGAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TRANSPLANTATION; TRAVEL; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 42149144731     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02200.x     Document Type: Note

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