Ethical and legal aspects of unrelated donors in Romania

Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies

Volumn 8, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 3-23

  Frunzǎ, Mihaela ^a  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Altruistic strangers; Church position; EU; Legislation; Living donor; Medical ethics; Organ transplant; Romania

Indexed keywords

EID: 65849479470     PISSN: 15830039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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