The challenge of doing what is right in renal transplantation: Balancing equity and utility

Nephron - Clinical Practice

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Courtney, Aisling E ^a   Maxwell, Alexander P ^a  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allocation; Equity; Ethics; Kidney transplantation; Utility

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIALYSIS; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREJUDICE; PROGNOSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 57049112259     PISSN: 16602110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000180121     Document Type: Short Survey

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