The truth about "donation after cardiac death"

Journal of Clinical Ethics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 133-136

  Truog, Robert D ^a,b   Cochrane, Thomas I ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADAVER; DEATH; DONOR; ETHICS; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; REVIEW; STANDARD; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

CADAVER; DEATH; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747218090     PISSN: 10467890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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