Death and legal fictions

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 719-722

  Shah, Seema K ^a   Truog, Robert D ^b   Miller, Franklin G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; BRAIN DEATH; DEATH; DONOR; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; TRANSPLANTATION;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; BRAIN DEATH; DEATH; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MORALS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 82255191796     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2011.045385     Document Type: Article

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