Regulated compensated donation in Pakistan and Iran

Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 124-128

  Rizvi, Adibul Hasan S ^a   Naqvi, Anwar S A ^b   Zafar, Naqi M ^b   Ahmed, Ejaz ^b  

^a CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Paid; Transplantation; Unrelated donor

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; IRAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PAKISTAN; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVING DONOR; MOTIVATION; PATIENT RIGHT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPLANTATION; TRAVEL;

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

EID: 67651028070     PISSN: 10872418     EISSN: 15317013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOT.0b013e328326f6ef     Document Type: Review

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