Point: Are donors after circulatory death really dead, and does it matter? Yes and yes

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Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-16

  Bernat, James L ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS; BREATHING; CIRCULATION; DONATION AFTER THE CIRCULATORY DETERMINATION OF DEATH; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART BEAT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 77954706650     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.10-0649     Document Type: Editorial

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