Reciprocal altruism-the impact of resurrecting an old moral imperative on the national organ donation rate in Israel

Law and Contemporary Problems

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 323-336

  Lavee, Jacob ^a   Stoler, Avraham ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84920103059     PISSN: 00239186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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