Can the government ban organ sale? Recent court challenges and the future of US law on selling human organs and other tissue

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1983-1987

  Cohen, I G ^a  

^a HARVARD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminal; law; national organ transplant act; organs sale; policy

Indexed keywords

ACT; APHERESIS; COURT; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LAW; LAW SUIT; MARKETING; ORGAN SALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

COMMERCE; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864426215     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2012.04092.x     Document Type: Review

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