Ethical, Psychosocial, and Public Policy Implications of Procuring Organs From Non—Heart-Beating Cadaver Donors

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 269, Issue 21, 1993, Pages 2769-2774

  Youngner, Stuart J ^a   Arnold, Robert M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADAVER DONOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEATH; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION;

CARDIAC DEATH; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DETERMINATION OF DEATH; FAMILY MEMBERS; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES; MORAL POLICY; ORGAN DONATION; SCARCITY; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; BRAIN DEATH; CADAVER; DEATH; DISCLOSURE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY; ORGAN PRESERVATION; ORGAN PROCUREMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TERMINOLOGY; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0027284913     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1993.03500210069034     Document Type: Article

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