Who gets the liver transplant? The use of responsibility as the tie breaker

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 739-742

  Thornton, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION;

ALCOHOLISM; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 72449148706     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2009.029967     Document Type: Article

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