Resolving the shortage of organs for transplantation: ethics, science, and technology.

نویسندگان

  • Kelvin G M Brockbank
  • Richard E Swaja
  • Daniel E Wueste
  • Robert M Sade
چکیده

209 Planning Committee,* Speaker,† and Participant‡ Traci Adams, RN, BSN ‡ Jeffrey Barker, PhD ‡ Kelvin Brockbank, PhD * † Debby Broughton, RN ‡ John Bruens ‡ Ponce DeLeon Bullard, MD ‡ Rebecca Bullard-Dillard, PhD ‡ Sarah Clemmons, JD ‡ Lee Crandall, PhD ‡ Partha Deb ‡ Stephanie Ennis, RN ‡ Rick Foster, MD ‡ Cindi Fuda, RN, BSN ‡ Carmen Gacchina ‡ Linda Gallicchio, MBA *‡ Aaron Gilchrist ‡ Tom Glisson ‡ Xiaoming He, PhD ‡ Michael Hughes, MD ‡ Walter Jones, PhD ‡ Charles Kay, PhD ‡ Denise Kimbrough ‡ Walter Limehouse, Jr., MD ‡ Scott Little, PhD ‡ Sheryl Moore, RN, BSN‡ Rebecca Nagy ‡ Emily Ongstad ‡ Erin Pardue ‡ Suzanne Parks ‡ Robin Pierson, MD † Kim Phillips ‡ Luanne Rodgers ‡ Robert Sade, MD * † Andy Shi ‡ Richard Snider, RN ‡ Richard Swaja, PhD * † Michael Taylor, PhD ‡ Van Tran ‡ Lavanya Venkataraman ‡ Michael Waslaske ‡ Darla Welker ‡ Stephen Williams, JD † Gerald Wilson, MD ‡ Daniel Wueste, PhD *‡ Nancy Zisk, JD ‡

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association

دوره 106 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010