Development of a successful non-heart-beating organ donation program

Progress in Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 225-231

  Reiner, Mark ^a   Cornell, Danielle ^a   Howard, Richard J ^a  

^a LifeQuest Organ Recovery Services   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; EDUCATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

EID: 0141702285     PISSN: 15269248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7182/prtr.13.3.k4g2m65230873w7h     Document Type: Conference Paper

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