The consent process for cadaveric organ procurement: How does it work? How can it be improved?

JAMA

Volumn 285, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 329-333

  Wendler, D ^a   Dickert, N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; EXPERIENCE; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035900942     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.285.3.329     Document Type: Article

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7. Decisions about organ donation should rest with potential donors, not next of kin
8. Protecting autonomy in organ procurement procedures: Some overlooked issues
9. Ethical criteria for procuring and distributing organs for transplantation
10. Ethical issues in organ procurement: A review for intensivists
11. Strategies for cadaveric organ procurement
12. Consenting to donate organs: Whose wishes carry the most weight?