Situating the practice of organ donation in familial, cultural, and political context

Transplantation Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 154-157

  Lock, Margaret ^a   Crowley Makota, Megan ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; HUMAN RIGHTS; JAPAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEXICO; MORALITY; ORGAN DONOR; POLITICAL SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45149099817     PISSN: 0955470X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trre.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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