Cadaveric tissue donation: A pathologist's perspective

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 135-136

  van Diest, P J ^a   Lopes Cardoso, N W J ^a   Niesing, J ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; BRAIN DEATH; CADAVER DONOR; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FAMILY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NOTE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RELATIVE; SAMPLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FAMILY; HUMANS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATHOLOGY; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 0038804025     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.29.3.135     Document Type: Note

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