Ethical debate over organ donation in the context of brain death

Bioethics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 54-60

  Bresnahan, Mary Jiang ^a   Mahler, Kevin ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics of brain death organ donation; Google searches; Online health information seeking; Religion and brain death

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAIN DEATH; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; ETHICS; HUMAN; INTERNET; RELIGION; SEARCH ENGINE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAIN DEATH; BUDDHISM; CATHOLICISM; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HINDUISM; HUMANS; INTERNET; ISLAM; JUDAISM; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SEARCH ENGINE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 73449105430     PISSN: 02699702     EISSN: 14678519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2008.00690.x     Document Type: Article

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