Kidneys for Sale: Whose Attitudes Matter?
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Kidneys for sale: whose attitudes matter?
In this issue of AJT , economists Leider and Roth add their perspective to the literature on attitudes toward kidney sales in the United States (1). The authors sent a Zoomerang online survey to almost 9000 people who earn money taking online surveys, of whom 523 (6%) responded. They report that 51–63% of respondents approve of direct payment for deceased donation, and 54–61% approve of direct ...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Transplantation
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1600-6135,1600-6143
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2010.03085.x