Emergency medicine and organ donation-A core responsibility at a time of need or threat to professional integrity

Resuscitation

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1061-1062

  Bell, Dominic ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSEL CATHETERIZATION; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN STEM; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEART ARREST; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NON HEART BEATING DONATION; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM; RESPONSIBILITY; THREAT; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDITY;

EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 77955844061     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.06.021     Document Type: Editorial

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