"Gratuities" for donated organs: Ethically indefensible

The Lancet

Volumn 377, Issue 9775, 2011, Pages 1390-1391

  Biller Andorno, Nikola ^a   Capron, Alexander Morgan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; NOTE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 79955477864     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61419-5     Document Type: Note

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