A historic opportunity to improve organ donation rates in the UK

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 735-737

  Smith, M ^a   Murphy, P ^b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEART DEATH; HEART GRAFT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 44649087103     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aen124     Document Type: Editorial

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