New French legislation governing organ removals for therapeutic and scientific purposes

Medicine and Law

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 585-603

  Manaouil, C ^a   Chatelain, D ^a   Montpellier, D ^a   Graser, M ^a   Jarde O ^a  

^a AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

French Law on Bioethics, 2004; Organ donation; Oviedo convention

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; FAMILY; FRANCE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IDENTITY; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVING DONOR; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; RECIPIENT; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; REGISTER; RELATIVE; SAFETY;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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