An overview of transplantation in culturally diverse regions

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 365-369

  Oniscu, Gabriel C ^a   Forsythe, John L R ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access to transplantation; Living donor; Organ donation; Religion; Transplant laws; Transplant tourism

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; NOTE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 65749109896     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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