The dead donor rule and organ transplantation

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 359, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 674-675

  Truog, Robert D ^a,b   Miller, Franklin G ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN FUNCTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART ARREST; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

BRAIN DEATH; DEATH; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 49449097443     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp0804474     Document Type: Article

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