Is Informed Consent Enough?

CO-AUTHORS W. Liu and M. L. Melcher

PUBLISHER

American Journal of Transplantation

DATE

2016

UVA Law Faculty Affiliations

Kimberly D. Krawiec

Kimberly D. Krawiec, W. Liu & M. L. Melcher, Is Informed Consent Enough?, 16 American Journal of Transplantation 1038 (2016).

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