Might physicians be restricting access to liver transplantation for patients with alcoholic liver disease?

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 707-714

  Perut, Valérie ^a   Conti, Filoména ^b   Scatton, Olivier ^b   Soubrane, Olivier ^b   Calmus, Yvon ^b   Vidal Trecan, Gwenaëlle ^a,b  

^a AP HP ^*  (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Alcoholic; Liver diseases; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN DONOR; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FRANCE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUSAL TO TREAT;

EID: 70249144997     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2009.04.018     Document Type: Article

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