Guest editorial: Children as organ donors: A persistent ethical issue

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-122

  Sheldon, Mark ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CHILD ORGAN DONATION; DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEUKEMIA; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGAN DONOR; DONOR; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; LIVING DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

CHILD; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LIVING DONORS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 1842850550     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180104132027     Document Type: Editorial

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