Legislation of presumed consent for end-of-life organ donation in the United Kingdom (UK): Undermining values in a multicultural society

Clinics

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 297-300

  Verheijde, Joseph L ^a,b   Rady, Mohamed Y ^a   McGregor, Joan L ^b   Murray, Catherine Friederich ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; EDITORIAL; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PRESUMED CONSENT; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 45749111076     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322008000300002     Document Type: Editorial

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