Bodies, organs and saving lives: Old respects and new dilemmas

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 549-552

  Saunders, John ^a,b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEVILL HALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain stem death; Consent; Human Tissue Act 2004; Organ retrieval; Organ transplantation; Redfern inquiry; Transplant

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; AUTOPSY; BRAIN DEATH; CADAVER DONOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT CARE; POSTHUMOUS CARE; REVIEW; SUPERSTITION;

EID: 71849084185     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.9-6-549     Document Type: Review

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