The UK postmortem organ retention crisis: A qualitative study of its impact on parents

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 71-77

  Sque, Magi ^a   Long, Tracy ^a   Payne, Sheila ^c   Roche, William R ^b   Speck, Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BEREAVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; POSTHUMOUS CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 41849083481     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.2007.060178     Document Type: Article

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