Tacitly opting out of organ donation: Too presumptuous after all?

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 73-74

  De Wispelaere, Jurgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; NOTE; TRANSPLANTATION;

HUMANS; PRESUMED CONSENT; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 84856798766     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2011-100252     Document Type: Note

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