Clarifying the paradigm for the ethics of donation and transplantation: Was 'dead' really so clear before organ donation?

Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Shemie, Sam D ^a,b,c  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c Canadian Council for Donation and Transplantation   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN DEATH; EDITORIAL; ETHICS; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION;

BRAIN DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 35748959080     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17475341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-5341-2-18     Document Type: Note

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