Best interests and potential organ donors

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7657, 2008, Pages 1346-1347

  Coggon, John ^a   Brazier, Margaret ^a   Murphy, Paul ^b   Price, David ^c   Quigley, Muireann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; STEROID;

ACT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; COLD ISCHEMIA; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LAW; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL CAPACITY; NOSE FEEDING; ORGAN DONOR; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 46249095830     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39575.561898.94     Document Type: Article

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