Do donation after cardiac death protocols violate criminal homicide statutes?

Medicine and Law

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 241-257

  McGregor, Joan ^a   Verheijde, Joseph L ^b   Rady, Mohamed Y ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Consent; Criminal law; Donation after cardiac death; Homicide; Non heart beating donor; Organ donation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CRIMINAL LAW; EUTHANASIA; HEART ARREST; HEART DEATH; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGAN DONOR;

EID: 48049084323     PISSN: 07231393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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