Ethics and Rationing Access to Dialysis in Resource-Limited Settings: The Consequences of Refusing a Renal Transplant in the South African State Sector

Developing World Bioethics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 233-240

  Etheredge, Harriet ^a   Paget, Graham ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Developing world; Distributive justice; Ethics; Organ; Rationing treatment; South Africa; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

AFRICA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; RENAL DIALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 84946472963     PISSN: 14718731     EISSN: 14718847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dewb.12067     Document Type: Article

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