Saving lives is more important than abstract moral concerns: financial incentives should be used to increase organ donation.
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Benjamin Hippen, MD, Lainie Friedman Ross, MD, PhD, and Robert M. Sade, MD Metrolina Nephrology Associates and Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina; Departments of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Surgery, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Institute of Human Values in Health Care, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Annals of thoracic surgery
دوره 88 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009