Ethical Issues of Organ Transplantation in Chinese Community: Perspectives of Health Professionals, Legal Professionals, and Religious Experts in Taiwan and Mainland China

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-19

  Shih, F J ^a   Chu, S H ^b   Hsu, R B ^c   Weng, H J ^d   Wang, S S ^c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d TAJEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CHINA; CHINESE; COMPETENCE; FAMILY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MOTIVATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RELIGION; TAIWAN;

CHINA; CULTURE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; TAIWAN; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 60649121571     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.10.048     Document Type: Article

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