Commentary: On the position paper of the ethics committee of the international xenotransplantation association

Transplantation

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1110-1111

  Einsiedel, Edna F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Public participation; Xenotransplantation ethics

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; NONHUMAN; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; INTERNATIONAL XENOTRANSPLANTATION ASSOCIATION;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 7044262756     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000142604.35960.71     Document Type: Review

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