Commercial Organ transplantation in the Philippines

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 192-196

  Turner, Leigh ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMMODIFICATION; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MARKETING; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PHILIPPINES; POVERTY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TRANSPLANTATION;

ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; COERCION; COMMERCE; COMMODIFICATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MARKETING; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PHILIPPINES; POVERTY; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 63649117397     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: 14692147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180109090318     Document Type: Review

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