Opportunities to deter transplant tourism exist before referral for transplantation and during the workup and management of transplant candidates

Kidney International

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1026-1031

  Gill, Jagbir ^a   Diec, Olivier ^a   Landsberg, David N ^a   Rose, Caren ^a   Johnston, Olwyn ^a   Keown, Paul A ^a   Gill, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ESRD; kidney transplantation; organ trafficking; transplant tourism; transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; CANADA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL TOURISM; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPLANT TOURISM;

EID: 79954608574     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2010.540     Document Type: Article

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