Right of the living dead? Consent to experimental surgery in the event of cortical death

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 601-605

  Sparrow, Robert ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; EXPERIMENTAL TRANSPLANTATION; INFORMED CONSENT; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORALITY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESEARCH SUBJECT; RIGHT TO LIFE; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; MORALS; PATIENT RIGHTS; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 33749866906     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2005.014027     Document Type: Article

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