A fair trial? Assessment of liver transplant candidates with psychiatric illnesses

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 739-742

  Cherkassky, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DONOR SELECTION; ETHICS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DISEASE; QUALITY OF LIFE; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

DONOR SELECTION; ETHICS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MENTAL DISORDERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 82255162750     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2011.042556     Document Type: Article

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