The "spare parts person"? Conceptions of the human body and their implications for public attitudes towards organ donation and organ sale

Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Schweda, Mark ^a   Schicktanz, Silke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ART; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONCEPT FORMATION; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REIMBURSEMENT; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMERCE; CONCEPT FORMATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMAN BODY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349118365     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17475341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-5341-4-4     Document Type: Article

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