Living and deceased organ donation should be financially neutral acts

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1187-1191

  Delmonico, F L ^a   Martin, D ^b   Dominguez Gil B ^c   Muller, E ^d   Jha, V ^e   Levin, A ^f   Danovitch, G M ^g   Capron, A M ^h  

^a New England Organ Bank   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ORGANIZACIÓN NACIONAL DE TRASPLANTES   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

donors and donation: incentives; ethics; ethics and public policy; law legislation

Indexed keywords

DECEASED DONOR; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; LAW; LIVING DONOR; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRAFFICKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; DONOR; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; NEPHRECTOMY; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MOTIVATION; NEPHRECTOMY; RESEARCH DESIGN; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84928068356     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.13232     Document Type: Review

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