Life insurance for living kidney donors: A canadian undercover investigation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1585-1590

  Yang, R C ^a,b   Young, A ^b   Nevis, I F P ^b   Lee, D ^b   Jain, A K ^b   Dominic, A ^b   Pullenayegum, E ^a   Klarenbach, S ^c   Garg, A X ^a,b,d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Insurability; Insurance, life; Kidney transplantation; Living donors; Premium; Undercover

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; FAMILY HISTORY; HYPERTENSION; INSURANCE; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEPHONE;

CANADA; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INSURANCE CARRIERS; INSURANCE, LIFE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS;

EID: 67649651499     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.02679.x     Document Type: Article

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