Informed consent in research to improve the number and quality of deceased donor organs

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 280-283

  Rey, Michael M ^a   Ware, Lorraine B ^b   Matthay, Michael A ^c   Bernard, Gordon R ^b   McGuire, Amy L ^d   Caplan, Arthur L ^a   Halpern, Scott D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

informed consent; organ donation; research ethics; transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 79251567282     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181feeb04     Document Type: Article

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