Organ transplant initiatives: The twilight zone

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 170-175

  Price, David P T ^a,b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROTOLD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain death; Death; Elective ventilation; Non heart beating donors; Organ transplants

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEATH; CADAVER DONOR; DEATH; HUMAN; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0030797238     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.23.3.170     Document Type: Review

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