Islam and end-of-life practices in organ donation for transplantation: New questions and serious sociocultural consequences

HEC Forum

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-205

  Rady, Mohamed Y ^a   Verheijde, Joseph L ^b   Ali, Muna S ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; BRAIN; DEATH; DYING; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MICROCLIMATE; MORALITY; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN PRESERVATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PROGNOSIS; RELIGION; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CULTURE; HUMANS; ISLAM; TERMINALLY ILL; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TRANSPLANTS;

EID: 68149162720     PISSN: 09562737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10730-009-9095-8     Document Type: Article

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