Eligibility for organ donation: A medico-legal perspective on defining and determining death

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 851-863

  Downie, Jocelyn ^a,b   Kutcher, Matthew ^a   Rajotte, Chantelle ^a   Shea, Alison ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; AUTOPSY; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LAW; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CANADA; DEATH; HEALTH POLICY; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, MEDICAL; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 70350135959     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-009-9130-x     Document Type: Review

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