Ethical issues of transplant coordinators in Japan and the UK

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 656-669

  Arie, Fumie ^a,b  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b 1 103 LH Takamine ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Ethical dilemma; Kidney transplantation; Renal nurse; Transplant co ordinator

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HUMAN; JAPAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

COERCION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; JAPAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PREJUDICE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 58149126031     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733008092874     Document Type: Article

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