Nonheart-beating donation in the neurologically devastated patient

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 111-114

  Manno, Edward M ^a,b  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYING; HUMAN; KIDNEY; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 24944459704     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/NCC:3:2:111     Document Type: Review

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