Organ economy: Organ trafficking in Moldova and Israel

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 226-241

  Lundin, Susanne ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ethnography; identity; organ trafficking; shadow economy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CRIME; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVING DONOR; MOLDOVA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; COMMERCE; CRIME; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LIVING DONORS; MOLDOVA; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TRANSPLANTS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84857858085     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662510372735     Document Type: Article

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