Is it unethical for doctors to encourage healthy adults to donate a kidney to a stranger? No

BMJ

Volumn 343, Issue , 2011, Pages d7140-

  Cronin, Antonia J ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; NOTE; TRANSPLANTATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 84855503267     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d7140     Document Type: Article

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