Gift of life or sacrifice?: Key discourses for understanding of organ donors' decision-making by families

Mortality

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-132

  Sque, Magi ^a   Payne, Sheila ^b   Clark, Jill Macleod ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Discourse; Donor families; Gift of life; Sacrifice

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646381916     PISSN: 13576275     EISSN: 14699885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576270600615260     Document Type: Article

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