An empirical investigation of physicians' attitudes toward intrasibling kidney donation by minor twins

Transplantation

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1235-1239

  Joseph, Josh W ^a   Thistlethwaite Jr , J Richard ^b   Josephson, Michelle A ^b   Ross, Lainie Friedman ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Kidney transplantation; Living donors; Minors; Siblings; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; TRANSPLANTATION; TWINS; UNITED STATES; ZYGOSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOETHICS; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; PHYSICIANS; SIBLINGS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43449113888     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000312675.51853.52     Document Type: Article

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