The live organ donor's consent: is it informed and voluntary?

Transplantation Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 196-199

  Valapour, Maryam ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DONOR SELECTION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LIVING DONOR; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45249115057     PISSN: 0955470X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trre.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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