Why families deny consent to organ donation

Australian Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 27-32

  West, Rachael ^a   Burr, Gayle ^b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DONOR; FAMILY; HUMAN; TRANSPLANTATION;

BRAIN DEATH; CULTURE; FAMILY; HUMANS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 0036485031     PISSN: 10367314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1036-7314(02)80041-8     Document Type: Article

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