Public consultation on xenotransplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1112-1113

  Wright, James R ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Clinical trials; Ethics; Public consultation; Risk benefit analysis; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

CANADA; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNMENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ANIMALS; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIALS; ETHICS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 7044234641     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000142611.07792.8B     Document Type: Review

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