Diagnosing death: What's trust got to do with it?

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 229-235

  Stell, Lance K ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain death; Diagnosing death; Minorities; Organ donation; Trust

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAIN DEATH; CASE REPORT; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; ETHNOLOGY; FATALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAIN DEATH; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033194309     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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