Responding to offers of altruistic living unrelated kidney donation by group associations: an ethical analysis

Transplantation Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 200-205

  Mueller, Paul S ^a   Case, Ellen J ^a   Hook, C Christopher ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; BENEFICENCE; DECISION MAKING; DONOR SELECTION; ETHICS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; NEPHRECTOMY; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; RELIGIOUS GROUP; SATISFACTION; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL WORKER; SURGICAL RISK;

EID: 45049085340     PISSN: 0955470X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trre.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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