A call for government accountability to achieve national self-sufficiency in organ donation and transplantation

The Lancet

Volumn 378, Issue 9800, 2011, Pages 1414-1418

  Delmonico, Francis L ^a,b   Domínguez Gil, Beatriz ^c   Matesanz, Rafael ^c   Noel, Luc ^d  

^a New England Organ Bank   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ORGANIZACIÓN NACIONAL DE TRASPLANTES   (Spain)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ETHICS; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPONSIBILITY; WELFARE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 80054693497     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61486-4     Document Type: Review

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