Compensated living kidney donation: A plea for pragmatism

Health Care Analysis

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-101

  Omar, Faisal ^a   Tufveson, Gunnar ^b   Welin, Stellan ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Compensated donation; Cost effectiveness; Dialysis; End stage renal disease; Ethics; Public opinions; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMPENSATION; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; TRANSPLANTATION;

ALTRUISM; COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 76449114374     PISSN: 10653058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10728-008-0110-z     Document Type: Article

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