Response: The impracticality of overriding family rejection of donation

Transplantation

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1631-1632

  Volk, Michael L ^a,d   Ubel, Peter A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; LETTER; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

EID: 66149142189     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e31818f9d69     Document Type: Letter

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