Regulated compensation for kidney donors in the Philippines

Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 120-123

  Padilla, Benita S ^a  

^a National Kidney and Transplant Institute Philippines   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Kidney donation; Organ market; Transplant commercialism; Transplant tourism

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEATH; COMPENSATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT; LAW; ORGAN DONOR; PHILIPPINES; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVING DONOR; MOTIVATION; PATIENT RIGHT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRANSPLANTATION; TRAVEL;

COMMERCE; COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MOTIVATION; PATIENT RIGHTS; PHILIPPINES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TRAVEL;

EID: 67651018687     PISSN: 10872418     EISSN: 15317013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOT.0b013e328329256f     Document Type: Review

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