Designing an ethical policy for bone marrow donation by minors and others lacking capacity

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-155

  Pentz, Rebecca D ^a   Chan, Ka Wah ^a   Neumann, Joyce L ^a   Champlin, Richard E ^a   Korbling, Martin ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD ORGAN DONATION; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGAN DONOR; REVIEW;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PEDIATRICS; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 1842828800     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180104132064     Document Type: Review

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