Donation after Uncontrolled Cardiac Death (uDCD): A review of the debate from a European perspective

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 752-759

  Borry, Pascal ^a   Van Reusel, Walter ^b   Roels, Leo ^c   Schotsmans, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Vlekho (School of Economics Brussels)

^c Donor Action Foundation   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEATH; DONOR; EUROPE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STATISTICS; TRANSPLANTATION;

DEATH; EUROPE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 57349184132     PISSN: 10731105     EISSN: 1748720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2008.00334.x     Document Type: Review

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