Prioritising existing donors to receive organs would boost donation from ethnic minorities

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 347, Issue 7922, 2013, Pages

  Sharif, Adnan ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DONOR SELECTION; ETHNIC GROUP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL ETHICS; NOTE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTRATION; RELIGION; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRATEGIC PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ETHNIC GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84883236585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f5036     Document Type: Note

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