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Medico-Legal Aspects

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The Transplantation and Replacement of Thoracic Organs

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Abstract

The legal and ethical aspects of human organ transplantation vary from country to country, although in broad terms the legal and ethical requirements denote substantial similarities. This chapter provides an overview principally of the statutory requirements relating to heart transplantation.

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  1. S. S. Sanbar
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Transplantation Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston

    David K. C. Cooper MA, PhD, MD, MS, FRCS, FACC, FACS

  2. Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, USA

    David K. C. Cooper MA, PhD, MD, MS, FRCS, FACC, FACS

  3. St Louis University Health Sciences Center, St Louis, USA

    Leslie W. Miller MD, FACC

  4. Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, USA

    G. Alexander Patterson MD, FRCS(C), FACS

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Sanbar, S.S. (1996). Medico-Legal Aspects. In: Cooper, D.K.C., Miller, L.W., Patterson, G.A. (eds) The Transplantation and Replacement of Thoracic Organs. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-585-34287-0_2

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-585-34287-0_2

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