The dead donor rule: True by de. nition

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 10-

  Veatch, Robert M ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ANENCEPHALUS; BRAIN DEATH; DEATH; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DONOR; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEWBORN; NOMENCLATURE; NOTE; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; POLICY; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; ANENCEPHALY; BRAIN DEATH; DEATH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PUBLIC POLICY; TERMINOLOGY; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0642277690     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/152651603321611791     Document Type: Article

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