Development of the croatian model of organ donation and transplantation

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-70

  Zivcić Ćosić, Stela ^a   Bušić, Mirela ^b   Župan, Željko ^a   Pelčić, Gordana ^a,c   Juričić, Martina Anušić ^b   Jurčić, Željka ^b   Ivanovski, Mladen ^a   Rački, Sanjin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b Ministry of Health   (Croatia)

^c Health Care Center of Primorsko Goranska County   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CADAVER DONOR; CROATIA; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; REIMBURSEMENT;

CROATIA; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE BANKS; TISSUE DONORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84875905205     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2013.54.65     Document Type: Article

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