The organs crisis and the Spanish model: Theoretical versus pragmatic considerations

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 223-224

  Quigley, Muireann ^a   Brazier, Margaret ^a   Chadwick, Ruth ^b   Michel, Monica Navarro ^c   Paredes, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DONOR; EDITORIAL; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; SPAIN; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PRESUMED CONSENT; SPAIN; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 47749135325     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2007.023127     Document Type: Editorial

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