The ethics of organ transplantation: Shortages and strategies

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 359-364

  Voo, Teck Chuan ^a   Campbell, Alastair V ^b   De Castro, Leonardo D ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Center for Biomedical Ethics   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DONOR SELECTION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL ETHICS; NOTE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REIMBURSEMENT; SINGAPORE;

EID: 65749096253     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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