The practical, moral, and ethical considerations of the new Israeli law for the allocation of donor organs

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4475-4478

  Gruenbaum, B F ^a   Jotkowitz, A ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEATH; DONOR SELECTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; ISRAEL; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RELIGION;

ETHICS; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MORALS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 78650493957     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2010.09.146     Document Type: Conference Paper

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