When the donor says yes and the family says no

Progress in Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-16

  Howard, Richard J ^a   Cornell, Danielle L ^a   Koval, Charles B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEATH; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGANIZATION;

EID: 40949164670     PISSN: 15269248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7182/prtr.18.1.hw6758j268274h67     Document Type: Article

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