Pediatric organ donation and transplantation policy statement: More questions, not answers

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Verheijde, Joseph L ^a,b   Rady, Mohamed Y ^a,b,c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEATH; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART ARREST; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LETTER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; RESUSCITATION; TERMINAL CARE;

BRAIN DEATH; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955476598     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-1717     Document Type: Letter

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