Religious perspectives on organ donation

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 19-29

  Gillman, John ^a  

^a SCRIPPS MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural issues; Organ donation; Religious belief

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMOTION; FAMILY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ORGAN DONOR; RELIGION; REVIEW;

EID: 0032721486     PISSN: 08879303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002727-199911000-00005     Document Type: Review

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