Open AccessEthics in the quest for transplant tolerance
Author(s) -
Allan D. Kirk
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/01.tp.0000117778.83216.29
Subject(s) - clinical trial , diversity (politics) , organ transplantation , transplantation , engineering ethics , intensive care medicine , medicine , environmental ethics , political science , pathology , law , engineering , philosophy
This article will examine internationally accepted guidelines for human experimentation as they relate to modern organ transplantation trials. Specific reference to recent clinical trials and the growing diversity of immunosuppressive protocols will be highlighted.