Troubling dimensions of heart transplantation

Medical Humanities

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-38

  Shildrick, M ^a   McKeever, P ^b   Abbey, S ^c   Poole, J ^d   Ross, H ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Toronto   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 67650079048     PISSN: 1468215X     EISSN: 14734265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmh.2008.001073     Document Type: Article

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