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Kidney Transplantation in the United Kingdom

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Stuart G. Macpherson
Stuart G. Macpherson
Affiliation:
Western Infirmary, Glasgow
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Extract

The National Health Service (NHS) supplies the majority of health care in Great Britain but is virtually the monopoly provider of high technology and disaster services such as treatment for chronic renal failure or end-stage renal disease (ESRD).

Type
Special Section: Transplantation and Artificial Organs
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 2 , Issue 3 , July 1986 , pp. 497 - 506
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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