Opt-in or opt-out for organ transplantation

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 199-203

  Beloucif, Sadek ^a  

^a AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Informed consent; Organ donation; Organ procurement; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

BENEFICENCE; BRAIN DEATH; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

BRAIN DEATH; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONHOOD; PRESUMED CONSENT;

EID: 84859761828     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: 14736500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e3283504c33     Document Type: Review

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