The dilemma and reality of transplant tourism: An ethical perspective for liver transplant programs

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 113-117

  Schiano, Thomas D ^a   Rhodes, Rosamond ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ASCITES; BENEFICENCE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CHINA; FOLLOW UP; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PARACENTESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; REVIEW; SEPTICEMIA; THROMBOSIS; TOURISM; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL TOURISM; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REOPERATION; SEPSIS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 75449100307     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21967     Document Type: Review

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