Truthfulness in transplantation: Non-heart-beating organ donation

Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Potts, Michael ^a  

^a METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEATH; DONOR; EDITORIAL; ETHICS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

DEATH; HUMANS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35148891247     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17475341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-5341-2-17     Document Type: Note

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