The law, the medical ethic, and the transplants;La ley, la ética médica y los trasplantes

Revista de Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 170-176

  Pérez Tamayo, Ruy ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Medical ethics; Mexican law; Transplants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MEXICO; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; RECIPIENT; ADULT; CADAVER; CHILD; COMMODIFICATION; DEATH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIRECTED TISSUE DONATION; DONOR; ETHICS; FORECASTING; HEART ARREST; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; LONG TERM CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; BRAIN DEATH; CADAVER; CHILD; COMMODIFICATION; DEATH; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIRECTED TISSUE DONATION; FORECASTING; HEART ARREST; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MEXICO; OWNERSHIP; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 25444528468     PISSN: 00348376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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