Are We Ready to Utilize Non-Heart-Beating Donors for Clinical Allotransplantation in China?

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1018-1020

  Liu, Z ^a   Zhu, B ^b   Yun, P ^a   Wang, P ^a   Wang, X ^a   Xu, H ^a  

^a JINAN CENTRAL HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; CHINA; CHINESE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NON HEART BEATING DONOR; ORGAN DONOR; PARENT; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BRAIN DEATH; CADAVER; CHINA; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; LIVING WILLS; MALE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 44849142167     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.03.056     Document Type: Article

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