Living Donation: The Global Perspective

Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 269-275

  Matas, Arthur J ^a,b   Delmonico, Francis L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Donation; Ethics; Living donation; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS; EVALUATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEPHRECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

COERCION; HUMANS; INTESTINES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL TOURISM; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 84862844813     PISSN: 15485595     EISSN: 15485609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ackd.2012.05.003     Document Type: Review

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