Impact of legal measures prevent transplant tourism: The interrelated experience of The Philippines and Israel

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 915-919

  Padilla, Benita ^a   Danovitch, Gabriel M ^b   Lavee, Jacob ^c  

^a National Kidney and Transplant Institute   (Philippines)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Israel transplant; Philippines transplant; Transplant tourism

Indexed keywords

DONOR; HUMAN; ISRAEL; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL TOURISM; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PHILIPPINES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HUMANS; ISRAEL; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL TOURISM; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PHILIPPINES; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84888137995     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-013-9473-5     Document Type: Article

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