Organ Transplantation as a Family Issue: Living Liver Donors in Japan

International Journal of Japanese Sociology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-48

  Muto, Kaori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Family; Living liver donors; Organ transplantation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956233930     PISSN: 09187545     EISSN: 14756781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6781.2010.01135.x     Document Type: Article

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