Public moralities concerning donation and disposition of organs: Results from a cross-European study

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 308-317

  Schweda, Mark ^a   Schicktanz, Silke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ART; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MORALITY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RELIGION; TRANSPLANTATION;

ALTRUISM; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMAN BODY; HUMANS; MALE; MORALS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 46749092085     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: 14692147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180108080377     Document Type: Article

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