Bone-marrow donation by mentally incapable adults

Lancet

Volumn 352, Issue 9143, 1998, Pages 1847-1848

  Clark, Richard E ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; DONOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING;

EID: 0032488307     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)04378-5     Document Type: Note

References (9)

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3. 3 The Law Commission (Law Com no 231). Mental Incapacity: item 9 of the Fourth Programme of Law Reform: Mentally Incapacitated Adults. London: Stationery Office, 1995.
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