In defense of routine recovery of cadaveric organs: A response to walter glannon

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 337-343

  Spital, Aaron ^a,b   Taylor, James S ^c  

^a ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c The College of New Jersey

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Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN DEATH; CADAVER; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ETHICS; FAMILY; GRIEF; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; NOTE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES;

BRAIN DEATH; CADAVER; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FAMILY; GRIEF; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PHYSICIANS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 46749098644     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: 14692147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180108080419     Document Type: Article

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