Transplant tourism: A modern iteration of an ancient problem

Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 395-399

  Khamash, Hasan A ^a   Gaston, Robert S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercialism; Kidney transplant; Organ trade; Transplant tourism

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MARKETING; MEDICAL SERVICE; NEPHRECTOMY; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; TRANSPLANT TOURISM; TRAVEL;

CRIME; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TRAVEL;

EID: 59849122638     PISSN: 10872418     EISSN: 15317013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOT.0b013e3283094b8d     Document Type: Review

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