Responsibility and priority in liver transplantation

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-35

  Glannon, Walter ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORALITY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORALS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; VOLITION; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 58749105867     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: 14692147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180108090051     Document Type: Article

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