Organ donation, patients' rights, and medical responsibilities at the end of life

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 310-315

  Iltis, Ana S ^a   Rie, Michael A ^b   Wall, Anji ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directive; Donor cards; Informed consent; Organ donation; Organ procurement; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DYING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; LICENCE; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RIGHT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM; REVIEW; TRUST; ARTICLE; DEATH; DONOR; ETHICS; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

DEATH; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PATIENT RIGHTS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 59649095555     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181928ff8     Document Type: Article

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