Transplant tourism from Japan

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 24-26

  Fujita, Misao ^a   Taylor slingsby, Brian ^a   Akabayashi, Akira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; JAPAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL TOURISM; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHINA; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; JAPAN; MEDICAL TOURISM; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 76049085564     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160903506384     Document Type: Article

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