Death, organ transplantation and medical practice

Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Huddle, Thomas S ^a   Schwartz, Michael A ^b   Amos, F Amos ^c   Bos, Michael A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Health Council of the Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LIVING DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

DEATH; DECISION MAKING; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; HUMANS; LIVING DONORS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41549084671     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17475341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-5341-3-5     Document Type: Editorial

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