A gift of life: Ethical and practical problems with conditional and directed donation

Transplantation

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1542-1544

  Volk, Michael L ^a,b,c   Ubel, Peter A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional donation; Ethics; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; KIDNEY DONOR; LIVER GRAFT; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRANSPLANTATION; ALTRUISM; BENEFICENCE; DIRECTED TISSUE DONATION; DONOR; FAMILY; GIFT GIVING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SELECTION; REVIEW;

ALTRUISM; BENEFICENCE; DIRECTED TISSUE DONATION; FAMILY; GIFT GIVING; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SELECTION; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 47049086046     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e318172da30     Document Type: Short Survey

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