Prioritizing registered donors in organ allocation: An ethical appraisal of the Israeli organ transplant law

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 707-711

  Lavee, Jacob ^a,b,c   Brock, Dan W ^d  

^a Leviev Heart Center   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

opt in vs. opt out consent; organ allocation; transplantation law; wait list priority

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEATH; CADAVER DONOR; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; ISRAEL; KIDNEY FAILURE; LAW; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; REGISTER; RELATIVE; RELIGION; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW;

HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LIVING DONORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 84870239674     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e328357a2e2     Document Type: Review

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