Donation after cardiac death

Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 298-302

  Mandell, M Susan ^a   Hendrickse, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary death; Consensus opinion; Organ donor; Standards of practice; Withdrawal of life support

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW;

EID: 34249000768     PISSN: 10872418     EISSN: 15317013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOT.0b013e32814a591a     Document Type: Review

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