Death, us and our bodies: Personal reflections

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 127-130

  Savulescu, J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AUTOPSY; BENEFICENCE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN INJURY; DEATH; EDITORIAL; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CLONING; IDENTITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL FUNCTION; MORALITY; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POSTHUMOUS CARE; RELIGION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CADAVER; CULTURE; HUMANS; MIND-BODY RELATIONS (METAPHYSICS); PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 0038466193     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.29.3.127     Document Type: Editorial

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