The living dead

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 439-451

  Belling, Catherine ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; BRAIN DEATH; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HUMAN; LITERATURE; PASSIVE EUTHANASIA; PUBLIC OPINION; TRANSPLANTATION;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; BRAIN DEATH; DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; HUMANS; MEDICINE IN LITERATURE; PUBLIC OPINION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 77955938043     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.0.0168     Document Type: Article

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