Sharing organs with foreign nationals

Progress in Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 78-82

  Bruni, Rebecca ^a   Wright, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIGRATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POLICY; TRANSPLANTATION;

CANADA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONALITY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PUBLIC POLICY; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 79959625142     PISSN: 15269248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7182/prtr.21.1.d6347442q3p8g156     Document Type: Review

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