Organ donor registers

Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 187-193

  Gäbel, Håkan ^a  

^a NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Donor register registries; Non donor register registries; Organ donation; Organ donor register

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CADAVER; CADAVER DONOR; CANADA; DEATH; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; ORGAN DONOR; REGISTER; RELATIVE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645828224     PISSN: 10872418     EISSN: 15317013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mot.0000218935.73138.b2     Document Type: Review

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