Towards a framework for organ donation in the UK

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 108, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Murphy, P G ^a,b   Smith, M ^c  

^a NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attitudes to death; end of life care; ethics; National Health Service; organ donation; organ transplantation; tissue and organ procurement

Indexed keywords

BRAIN STEM; COMMUNITY CARE; CRANIAL NERVE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES EDUCATION; GRAFT REJECTION; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENTAL CONSENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84855229492     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aer402     Document Type: Review

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