Priority to registered donors on the waiting list for postmortal organs? A critical look at the objections

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 149-152

  den Hartogh, Govert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; DONOR; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SELECTION; REGISTER; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TRANSPLANTATION;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SELECTION; REGISTRIES; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 79951743843     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2010.036897     Document Type: Article

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