Should we perform kidney transplants on foreign nationals?

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 821-826

  Fortin, Marie Chantal ^a,b   Williams Jones, Bryn ^b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; FEE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIGRANT; PATIENT SELECTION; REFUGEE; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEES AND CHARGES; FRANCE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTERNATIONALITY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; REFUGEES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84912028435     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2013-101534     Document Type: Article

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