The interaction of the international society concerning kidney transplants - A consideration of diseased kidney transplants in Japan and transplant tourism over the world

Legal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Kokubo, Asako ^a  

^a Itabashi Chuo Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diseased kidney transplants; Globalization; Transplant tourism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HARVEST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; JAPAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAW; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SOCIETY; TOURISM;

HUMANS; JAPAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL TOURISM; TRANSPLANTS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 67349288454     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2009.01.022     Document Type: Article

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